{"product_id":"novelists-in-interview","title":"Novelists in Interview","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1985, fourteen foremost writers of fiction give detailed accounts of their writings in this absorbing collection by John Haffenden, whom \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e has applauded for having ‘perfected’ the art of the literary interview. Bringing together discussions with a wide range of authors in Britain at the time, the volume contains interviews with Martin Amis, Malcolm Bradbury, Anita Brookner, Angela Carter, William Golding, Russell Hoban, David Lodge, Ian McEwan, Iris Murdoch, V.S. Pritchett, Salman Rushdie, David Storey, Emma Tennant and Fay Weldon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Haffenden questions them about the creative process, about specific works – including Golding’s \u003ci\u003eRites of Passage\u003c\/i\u003e, Hoban’s \u003ci\u003eRiddley Walker\u003c\/i\u003e, Murdoch’s \u003ci\u003eThe Philosopher’s Pupil\u003c\/i\u003e and Rushdie’s \u003ci\u003eMidnight’s Children\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eShame\u003c\/i\u003e – and about the ideas and visions which inform those works. The writers provide lively, fascinating and often definitive responses which offer many insights into the value and function of fiction. The volume also includes discussions of cultural context and of narrative techniques and kinds – realist, postmodernist, fabulous – offering immediate material for critical debate. For all who are interested in twentieth century fiction it is essential reading.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54232337678680,"sku":"9780367336707","price":173.6,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780367336707.jpg?v=1768998634","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/novelists-in-interview","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}