Varying Degrees of Success by David Lodge

Varying Degrees of Success by David Lodge

In a career spanning six decades, David Lodge has been one of Britain's best-loved and most versatile writers. With Varying Degrees of Success he completes a trilogy of memoirs which describe his life from birth in 1935 to the present day, and together form a remarkable autobiography. He describes the highs and lows of being a professional creative writer in several different genres, his extensive travels around the world, and the hope and desire of writers to make a significant and positive impression on their readers and audiences. Varying Degrees of Success provides the reader with a privileged insight into the working practices and the creative life of a major British novelist. 'Continuously engaging... Glimpses of the ambition and energy required to fuel the final stretch of his near 60-year career as the most dependable of novelist-critics' New Statesman 'Lodge is the best British novelist never to have won the Man Booker prize' The Times

Lodge is the best British novelist never to have won the Man Booker prize * The Times *
One of the leading writers of his generation * Guardian *
As an account of the period, Varying Degrees of Success is continuously engaging.. glimpses of the ambition and energy required to fuel the final stretch of his near 60-year career as the most dependable of novelist-critics. * New Statesman *

David Lodge (CBE)’s novels include Changing Places, Small World and Nice Work (shortlisted for the Booker) and, most recently, A Man of Parts. He has also written plays and screenplays, and several books of literary criticism. His works have been translated into more than thirty languages.

He is Emeritus Professor of English Literature at Birmingham, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and is a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

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ISBN 13	9781529114898
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Titel	Varying Degrees of Success
Autor	David Lodge
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Vintage Publishing
Erscheinungsjahr	2022-09-08
Seitenanzahl	224
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