Description: Wish I Was Here by M. John Harrison One of our greatest and most original living writers sets out the perils of the writing life with joyful provocation FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Wish I Was Here is a masterpiece. Formally inventive, constantly surprising, M John Harrison has written an archaeology of fragments that shivers with wholeness. Its exquisite Helen Macdonald, author of H is for HawkAs always with M John Harrison, youre never quite sure what youre reading or where it will take you next. There are only a few certainties: that it will surprise you, sometimes astound you, and leave you profoundly changed Jonathan Coe, author of The Rotters ClubLate style is when the people who have all your life jumped in front of you waving their arms - No! Careful! - jump out one more time to encourage you to run them down, and this time you do.M. John Harrison has produced one of the greatest bodies of fiction of any living British author, encompassing space opera, speculative fiction, fantasy, magical and literary realism. Every book is subversive of genre and united by restless intelligence, experimentation and rebelliousness of spirit.This is his first memoir, an anti-memoir, written in his mid-seventies with aphoristic daring and trademark originality and style, fresh after winning the Goldsmiths Prize in 2020. Many of our most prominent younger writers now recognise him as the most significant British writer of his generation. He is brilliantly unsettling (Olivia Laing), magnificent (Neil Gaiman), one of the best writers of fiction currently at work in English (Robert Macfarlane). Author Biography M. John Harrison, a genre-defying author and literary critic, has been hailed by writers including Olivia Laing, Robert MacFarlane and Neil Gaiman as one of the most brilliant prose stylists alive today. Review One of the best writers currently at work in English - Robert Macfarlane, author of The Wild PlacesHilarious and haunting - William Gibson, author of NeuromancerHarrison is the shape-shifting master of absent and elusive things, many of them absent and eluding in Barnes and the Peak District. In this mesmerising book, the author - or rather his style - goes in search of what may have been his memories of different versions of his life. The result is an enchantment of instability, usually ungraspable, always intense. - Neil MacGregor, author of Living with the GodsA deep dive into the back-and-forth, up-down, sideways mind of a true genius. An immersive pleasure and a literary adventure - Monique Roffey, author of The Mermaid of Black ConchHe is one of the very great writers alive today - China Mieville, author of Perdido Street Station Promotional One of our greatest and most original living writers sets out the perils of the writing life with joyful provocation Details ISBN1800812973 Author M. John Harrison Year 2023 ISBN-10 1800812973 ISBN-13 9781800812970 Format Hardcover Pages 224 Imprint Serpents Tail Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Publisher Profile Books Ltd AU Release Date 2023-05-25 Publication Date 2023-05-25 UK Release Date 2023-05-25 Subtitle The best writer youve never heard of - Sunday Times Edition Description Main DEWEY 823.92 Audience General NZ Release Date 2023-07-31 Alternative 9781800812987 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:143605275;
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