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Africa

‘I decided to give up writing and to rethink my life’—Karen Jennings chats to Jennifer Malec about her Booker Prize-longlisted novel, An Island

August 19, 2021August 19, 2021Jennifer Malec1 Comment on ‘I decided to give up writing and to rethink my life’—Karen Jennings chats to Jennifer Malec about her Booker Prize-longlisted novel, An Island

Karen Jennings was recently longlisted for the Booker Prize, for her novel An Island. Here she chats to The JRB…

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Academic

A Tale of Two Continents—Adekeye Adebajo unpacks Dickens in Africa

June 18, 2021June 18, 2021Adekeye AdebajoLeave a Comment on A Tale of Two Continents—Adekeye Adebajo unpacks Dickens in Africa

For reasons technical, historical and—above all—thematic, Dickens is writ large in African literature, writes Adekeye Adebajo. As we approach the…

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AfricaSouth Africa

How to write beautifully about our horrible, hysterical present—Jennifer Malec reviews Ali Smith’s new novel, Spring

July 1, 2019May 10, 2021Jennifer MalecLeave a Comment on How to write beautifully about our horrible, hysterical present—Jennifer Malec reviews Ali Smith’s new novel, Spring

The JRB Editor Jennifer Malec reviews Spring, the third book in Ali Smith’s Seasonal Quartet, a strange beast. SpringAli SmithHamish Hamilton, 2019…

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How to write when the novel is dead: Jennifer Malec reviews Autumn and Winter—the first two books of Ali Smith’s seasonal quartet

June 4, 2018May 10, 2021Jennifer MalecLeave a Comment on How to write when the novel is dead: Jennifer Malec reviews Autumn and Winter—the first two books of Ali Smith’s seasonal quartet

Ali Smith’s seasonal quartet is a lesson in how to create novels that reflect the now in all its glory and…

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