Jim Crace / Philip Tew.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tew, Philip, author.

Series:

Contemporary British novelists.

Contemporary British novelists

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crace, Jim--Criticism and interpretation.

Crace, Jim.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 220 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Jim Crace is one of the most imaginative of contemporary novelists. The author of nine novels, he has received great public and intellectual acclaim across the UK, Europe, Australia and the United States, and was awarded the National Book Critics Circle Fiction prize (USA) for Being Dead in 2000. This study is an extended critical examination of Crace's oeuvre based on extensive interviews with the novelist, including discussions of his work from his first worldwide bestseller, Continent (1986), up to The Pesthouse (2007). Its treatment of themes, contexts and narrative strategies illuminates the literary and critical contexts within which Crace operates, situating him as one of the most adventurous and challenging of Britain's twenty-first century authors.

Contents:

Exploring Craceland

Communities and change: Continent (1986) and The gift of stones (1988)

Parables of distress: Arcadia (1992) and Signals of distress (1994)

Death, belief and nature: Quarantine (1997) and Being dead (1999)

Excess, passion and the uncanny: The devil's larder (2001) and Six [Genesis] (2003)

Addendum: The pesthouse (2007).

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Apr 2026).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781781701232

1781701237

9781847791955

1847791956

OCLC:

818847205