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Although he admits to being a particularly poor correspondent, British novelist and critic Bradbury proclaims that he does compose letters in his head but just doesn't write them down. These irreverent notessamples of those he has imagined but never committed to paperare put-downs, indeed: absurd, ironic letters to imaginary correspondents, sometimes signed with imaginary names, about "art and creativity, research and scholarship, publishing and editing, earning a living and making a crust," writing for the art market, TV or posterity, about writers' lives and spouses, about great books projected and even greater books lost or abandoned. Since Bradbury has spent much time in the U.S., many of these letters poke fun at American people, customs and institutions. Whether Americans will enjoy them or respond favorably to Bradbury's forced, sophomoric humor is a question that only individual readers can determine, but certainly some will wish that he had stuck to fiction and literary criticism. First serial to the New York Times Book Review.
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A British novelist and critic takes a satirical look at the life of a writer and scholar. Writing in the form of letters that he never got around to sending, Bradbury offers reminiscences and advice on topics from research and publishing in the academic world to writing for TV and organizing a conference. The results are very funny; the only drawback is the frequent British allusions, on which some of the humor rests. Test: Who are Ken Livingstone and Ian Botham, and what was Take It From Here ? Answers: A Labour party politician, a top English cricketer, a 1950s radio show. Bradbury's observations of American academic life compensate for anything lost in crossing the Atlantic. A joy for students, academics, and writers.Bryan Aubrey, Fairfield, Ia.
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- PublisherViking
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 0670820709
- ISBN 13 9780670820702
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages218
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Unsent Letters: Irreverent Notes from a Literary Life.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First US Edition. Type: Hardback First Printing of First American Edition. Hardcover Book and Jacket in Near Fine Condition. A collection of all the letters Malcolm Bradbury wrote--but didn't write them down--his head is fulll of letters-political letters, fan letters, love letters, letters to the famous dead. These letters are all unsent letter. Letters about art and creativity; about earning a living; about publishing and editing--for example.The reader will see and experience hilarity, mirth, satire, irony. Navy quarter cloth w/silver titles, with white threaded paper-wrapped boards, very clean, no markings; inside of lower rear corner is scuffed; a touch of wear on bottom edges of boards. Tight and solid. Interior is Fine. Jacket is not clipped, is rubbed, else Fine. 218 pages. 8.75 x 6 inches. Viking/Penguin Group, New York, 1988. Seller Inventory # 015086
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