• Novel Dialogue 3.6: Why are you in bed? Why are you drinking?: Colm Tóibín and Joseph Rezek in conversation (TM)

    Author(s):
    Tara Menon, Joseph Rezek, Colm Tóibín
    Date:
    2022
    Subject(s):
    Literature, Criticism
    Item Type:
    Podcast
    Permanent URL:
    https://doi.org/10.17613/pryp-hp36
    Abstract:
    Colm Tóibín , the new laureate for Irish fiction, talks to Joseph Rezek of Boston University, and guest host Tara K. Menon of Harvard. The conversation begins with Colm's latest novel The Magician, about the life of Thomas Mann, and whether we can or should think of novelists as magicians and then moves swiftly from one big question to the next. What are the limitations of the novel as a genre? Would Colm ever be interested in a writing a novel about an openly gay novelist? Why and how does death figure in Colm's fiction? Each of Colm's revealing, often deeply personal answers illuminates how both novels and novelists work. As Thoman Mann wrote of the "grubby business" of writing novels, Colm reminds us of the "day to day dullness of novel writing." Insight and inspiration only arrive, he warns, after long, hard days of work.
    Notes:
    DOI : https://doi.org/10.48617/pod.384
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    Pub. URL:
    https://newbooksnetwork.com/why-are-you-in-bed-why-are-you-drinking-colm-tibn-and-joseph-rezek-in-conversation
    Publisher:
    Society for Novel Studies
    Pub. Date:
    04/14/22
    Episode:
    3.6
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    1 year ago
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
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