Writers Talking Writers: Rumaan Alam on Anita Brookner and Tommy Orange on Felisberto Hernández

The National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize nominees discuss the wry maturity and singular strangeness of two writers whose work inspired their own. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-22 05:00:00 UTC ]

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