The Book of Other People
David Mitchell & Daniel Clowes & A. L. Kennedy & ZZ Packer & Andrew O’Hagan & Zadie Smith & Nick Hornby & Edwidge Danticat & Aleksandar Hemon & Chris Ware & Hari Kunzru & Toby Litt & Adam Thirlwell & Heidi Julavits & George Saunders & Safran Foer & Vendela Vida & Miranda July & A. M. Homes & Dave Eggers & Jonathan Lethem & Colm Tóibín & Sean Greer
Language: English
Description:
An anthology of stories edited by Zadie Smith A stellar host of writers explore the cornerstone of fiction writing: character The Book of Other People is about character. Twenty-five or so outstanding writers have been asked by Zadie Smith to make up a fictional character. By any measure, creating character is at the heart of the fictional enterprise, and this book concentrates on writers who share a talent for making something recognizably human out of words (and, in the case of the graphic novelists, pictures). But the purpose of the book is variety: straight "realism"-if such a thing exists-is not the point. There are as many ways to create character as there are writers, and this anthology features a rich assortment of exceptional examples. The writers featured in The Book of Other People include: Aleksandar Hemon Nick Hornby Hari Kunzru Toby Litt David Mitchell George Saunders Colm Tóibín Chris Ware, and more.