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Night train's dark lesson.
Abstract
Upon occasion evaluated dismissively as mere pop novel, and thus unworthy of serious academic response, Martin Amis's Night Train nonetheless provides a remarkably effective tool for introducing postmodernist notions in general literature classrooms.
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Commonplace in theory has been the assumption that novels allow for a particularly emphatic experience since they are read in waves, cycles, over multiple sittings, and as a developing whole. D. H. Lawrence aptly surmised novels allow readers not merely to observe but somehow to "develop an instinct for life" (538). His notion, I believe, yet obtains, even in our own ...
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- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Herbert, Rosemary January 18, 1998 700+ words
In "Night Train," London literary powerhouse Martin Amis jumps tracks from his very British novels of manners into the ill-mannered metier of an American female cop. Rarely has an author...
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PERSONALITY: British writer Martin Amis BACKGROUND: Considered a master stylist even by his hypercritical...he says, "are my own." MOST RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENT: "Night Train" (Harmony Books/Crown), a thin tome with a jarring story...
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...transgresoras como Dinero o La informacin, a Martin Amis lo persiguen los tabloides y las crticas...padre, el escritor Kingsley Amis. Martin Amis se cobija la cabeza entre los hombros...por los laboristas. La prensa acosa a Martin Amis porque --segn l mismo-- no le perdonan...
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- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) May 27, 2000 700+ words
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...el filoso volumen donde el britnico Martin Amis ajusta cuentas con sus ex amigos del...es una ficcin, o que la verdad sobre Martin Amis hay que buscarla en cualquier lado menos...personaje de s mismo? Es posible que el "Martin Amis" de Experiencia sea otra creacin...
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...has fuelled resentment and envy. As Martin Amis prepares to celebrate his 60th birthday...and a little bit of me thought: "Martin Amis is grovelling to me!" His works are...parents were. David Lodge Novelist Martin Amis is the most original prose stylist of...
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- Magazine article from: CRITIQUE: Studies in Contemporary Fiction LaRose, Nicole January 1, 2005 700+ words
In most interpretations of Martin Amis, scholars and critics label him as a postmodern...John Self not only fights with a character named Martin Amis but is also tricked by Martin Amis; in London Fields, the manipulation by authorial...
- Martin Amis: better rich than read
- Newspaper article from: The Independent - London Boyd Tonkin December 18, 1996 700+ words
...ll do right by money in your turn." Martin Amis, Money. In 1984, the 35-year old Martin Amis subtitled Money - still, for many readers...unlikely book titles: "My Struggle, by Martin Amis". This week, he returned to Random...
Source: HighBeam Research, Night train's dark lesson.