The Mirror and the Road - Conversations with William Boyd

Informationen zum Autor Alistair Owen is the author of five acclaimed books of interviews with British writers, including two Guardian and Observer books of the year. He has written screenplays, stage plays and arts journalism, and chaired writer Q&As at events, festivals and online. His first novel, The Vetting Officer , is available on Kindle and in paperback. William Boyd was born in 1952 in Accra, Ghana, and grew up there and in Nigeria. He is the author of seventeen highly acclaimed, bestselling novels and five collections of stories. Any Human Heart was longlisted for the Booker Prize and adapted into a TV series with Channel 4. In 2005, Boyd was awarded the CBE. He is married and divides his time between London and south-west France. Klappentext 'One of Britain's most celebrated contemporary novelists' Sunday Times In this probing series of exclusive interviews, Alistair Owen talks to William Boyd about his works and the life which has inspired them. The conversations which emerge are a deep-dive into film, art, theatre, literature and the life of a writer. This is one of Britain's most beloved authors on what it is to write in a variety of forms. 'William Boyd has probably written more classic books than any of his contemporaries' Daily Telegraph 'Arguably one of Britain's finest living writers' Sunday Express Zusammenfassung 'One of Britain's most celebrated contemporary novelists' Sunday Times In this probing series of exclusive interviews, Alistair Owen talks to William Boyd about his works and the life which has inspired them. The conversations which emerge are a deep-dive into film, art, theatre, literature and the life of a writer. This is one of Britain's most beloved authors on what it is to write in a variety of forms. 'William Boyd has probably written more classic books than any of his contemporaries' Daily Telegraph 'Arguably one of Britain's finest living writers' Sunday Express ...

Product details

• Authors: William Boyd, Boyd William, Alistair Owen, Owen Alistair
• Assisted by: Alistair Owen (Editor)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.09.2023
• EAN: 9780241987339
• ISBN: 978-0-241-98733-9
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Biographies, autobiographies; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Literature: general, reference works; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: literary, Memoirs, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Interviews, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Autobiography: writers, Literary companions, book reviews and guides, Interviews / discussions