John Banville

Blue Nights and the Solace of Art

Nina Sankovitch | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: New York Times Book Review, Joan Didion, Recovery, Art, The Sea, Grief, Sorrow, Books, John Banville, Healing, Renewal, Blue Nights, Books News
Nina Sankovitch

Blue Nights is the story of Joan Didion's craving for communion between the "I" of her individual event of loss and grief, and the "we" of its universal experience.

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Open Thread: What Are Your Favorite Literary Pseudonyms?

guardian.co.uk | Posted 06.27.2011

Read More: Jean Seaton, Luther Blissett, Literary Pseudonyms, Wu Ming, John Banville, Pseudonyms, Benjamin Black, Orwell Prize, Books News

We know a great deal about Anonymous but less about its sibling Pseudonymous. As a book authored under a disguised name makes the Orwell shortlist for...

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John Banville Loves Writing Under Pseudonym Benjamin Black

Reuters | Mark Egan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pseudonyms, The Sea, John Banville the Sea, Elegy for April, Crime Fiction, John Banville, Books, The Infinities, Benjamin Black, Books News

Award-winning Irish author John Banville has always been highly critical of his own writing, but with the publication of his latest crime novel, he sa...

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What John Banville's The Infinities Teaches Us About Living and Dying

Caroline Hagood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Banville, The Infinities, Books, Heinrich Von Kleist, Book Review, The Sea, Literary Prizes, Booker Prize, Mrs. Dalloway, Books News
Caroline Hagood

Ultimately, the presence of the gods in The Infinities draws our attention, not to the heavens, but to the characters' spaces within, and the inner infinite in us all.

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Happy St. Patrick's Day: Celebrating Great Irish Writers (PHOTOS, POLL)

The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: James Joyce, St. Patrick's Day, Samuel Beckett, Slidepollajax, Colm Toibin, Irish Writers, John Banville, Books, Ireland, Happy St. Patrick's Day, Irish Authors, Yeats, Bestsellers, Literary Prizes, Authors, Books News

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Though Ireland is a small country, it has had a huge impact on the English-speaking world over the course of its history. Som...

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Book Review Roundup

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Surrendered, Lionel Shriver, So Much for That, Book Review, Book Reviews, The Big Short, John Banville, Michael Lewis, Courage and Consequence, Karl Rove Book, Books, Jasper Fforde, Books News

Miss any of the big book reviews this weekend? Check out some highlights below. "The Big Short," Michael Lewis The New York Times No one writes with...

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Bad Sex Writing Award Goes To Author Jonathan Littell

Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sex in Literature, Jonathan Littell, Books, Sex, British Novels, Literary Prizes, Bad Sex in Fiction, Novels, Bad Sex, John Banville, Literary Review, Goncourt Prize, The Kindly Ones, Bad Sex Award, Philip Roth, Books News

On Monday, the British literary magazine Literary Review awarded author Jonathan Littell their annual Bad Sex in Fiction award. The Franco-American be...

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Books To Look Forward To In 2010: The Millions' Preview

themillions.com | C. Max Magee | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: David Foster Wallace, Ian McEwan, Roberto Bolano, Stieg Larsson, Book Preview, Henry Roth, Don Delillo, 2010 Books, John Banville, Elizabeth Kostova, Books, William Boyd, Ralph Ellis, The Swan Thieves, The Unnamed, Books News

There's something for every lover of fiction coming in 2010, but, oddly enough, the dominant theme may be posthumous publication. Roberto Bolaño's re...

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