The Fighter : Literary Essays

ISBN-13: 9780099513322 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 304 str.

Tim Parks

Opis

As well as discussing questions of history, politics and literature, this collection also looks at the serious issues of 'Girls and Goals', bad reviews and 'World Cup Football'.

Recenzje

An impressively cogent book... For a writer so fascinated by conflict, Parks is a model of critical reason and clarity New Statesman

O autorze

Born in Manchester, Tim Parks grew up in London and studied at Cambridge and Harvard. He lives in Milan.

Parks is the acclaimed author of novels, non-fiction and essays, including Europa, A Season with Verona, Teach Us to Sit Still, Italian Ways and Italian Life. He has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize and has won many awards for both his work in English and his translations from the Italian, which include works by Alberto Moravia, Italo Calvino, Roberto Calasso, Antonio Tabucchi and Niccolò Machiavelli.