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D.M.Thomas (Paperback)
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D.M.Thomas (Paperback)
Series: Writers and Their Work
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Loot Price R591
Discovery Miles 5 910
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D.M. Thomas is one of the most controversial writers of our time -
considered by some a major voice in contemporary fiction, by others
a dubious literary 'impostor' who repeatedly appropriates female
sexuality, the holocaust and the work of other writers for personal
gain. Though best known for his best-selling novel The White Hotel,
he has written twelve other novels and is also an acclaimed poet
and translator of Russian literature. This, the first book-length
study of his work, suggests that what troubles people about Thomas'
work is the way it presents literature as a complex process of
collaboration, translation, and improvisation. Central to this is
Thomas' distinctive practice of uncannily impersonating the voices
of other writers, thus destabilising conventional categories like
authorship, originality and the self. the book considers the
influence of Russian literature on Thomas' work, his interest in
Freud and psychoanalysis, and his commitment to finding suitable
literary form to reflect the ways in which the uniquely violent,
often nightmarish events of our times intersect with the desires
and fantasies within us all.
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