Cult Writers (eBook)

50 Nonconformist Novelists You Need to Know

Ian Haydn Smith (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
144 Seiten
Frances Lincoln (Verlag)
978-0-7112-5065-9 (ISBN)

Infos

WHAT MAKES A CULT WRITER? Whether pioneering in their craft, fiercely and undeniably uniqueor critically divisive, cult writers come in all shapes and guises. Some gain instant fame, others instant notoriety, and more still remain anonymous until a chance change in fashion sees their work propelled into the limelight.Cult Writersintroduces 50 novelists deserving of a cult status. The literary genres and subjects explored within these writers' pages are rich and diverse acting as mirrorsof their genius minds. FromIrvine Welsh's gritty Edinburgh streets, toKen Kesey's drug-fuelled madness; from feminist trailblazerSylvia Plathto the magical realism ofAngela Carter discoverlittle knowns with small, devout followings and superstarsgracing the covers of magazines. Each writer isspecial in their individuality and their ability toinspire, antagonise and delight.Cult Writersis anessential addition to any book loverslibrary, as well as an entertaining introductionto ourweird and wonderful world of literature. Also in the series: Cult Artists, Cult Filmmakers + Cult MusiciansThe writers: Kathy Acker, James Baldwin, J.G. Ballard, Mikhail Bulgakov, Charles Bukowski, William S. Burroughs, Octavia E. Butler, Italo Calvino, Albert Camus, Angela Carter, Colette, Maryse Conde, Julio Cortazar, Philip K. Dick, Douglas Coupland, Marguerite Duras, Ralph Ellison, Elena Ferrante, Janet Frame, Jean Genet, Joseph Heller, Michel Houellebecq, James Joyce, Franz Kafka, Ken Kesey, Chris Kraus, Milan Kundera, Ursula K. Le Guin, Doris Lessing, Cormac McCarthy, Carson McCullers, Yukio Mishima, Haruki Murakami, Anais Nin, Sylvia Plath, Thomas Pynchon, Raymond Queneau, Ayn Rand, Pauline Reage, Jean Rhys, Juan Rulfo, Francoise Sagan, J.D. Salinger, Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, Donna Tartt, Jim Thompson, J.R.R. Tolkien, Kurt Vonnegut, Virginia Woolf, Irvine Welsh.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.6.2020
• Reihe/Serie: Cult Figures
• Reihe/Serie: Cult Figures
• Illustrationen: Kristelle Rodeia
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Alain Robbe-Grillet • American dream • Anais Nin • Angela Carter • Anthology • authors you should read • Ayn Rand • banned book club • banned books • banned writing • Best books • best writers • biographical • Biography • Black • BLM • Book Bucket list • book club • books • books for book lovers • books in translation • books to read • boundary-pushing • Bucket List • Charles Bukowski • Chris Kraus • Collection • controversial • cool books • Cult • cult artists • cult books • cult filmmakers • cult musicians • Culture • cult writers • Diary • difference • Different • disliked • Doris Lessing • Douglas Adams • edgy • famous • Fantasy • Fashionable • Female Writers • feminist • Françoise Sagan • Franz Kafka • Georges Bataille • Gift Book • gifts • gifts for book lovers • gritty reads • Hated • Henry Miller • History • iconic books • iconic writers • Infamous • inspirational reads • introduction to literature • Irvine Welsh • Italo Calvino • Jacqueline Susann • J.D. Salinger • John Kennedy Toole • John Williams • Kathy Acker • Ken Kessey • Kurt Vonnegut • LGBTQ • Literature • loved • magical realism • Margueritte Duras • Michel Houellebecq • Mikhail Bulgarkov • Milan Kundera • must read books of all time • ​new book • new books • new releases books 2020 • new year gifts • notable • Original • Painters • Pauline Réage • pioneering • Political • Popular • Profiles • Provocative • Quick Reads • reading list • reads • resistance • revered • revolutionary • Sci-fi • Sculptors • surreal • surreal books • Sylvia Plath • Top 50 • top read • Trailblazers • undiscovered • Unique • unusual • Ursula K. Le Guin • weird books • well known • William S. Burroughs • Women Writers • writers • Yukio Mishima
• ISBN-10: 0-7112-5065-0 / 0711250650
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7112-5065-9 / 9780711250659