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They still don't get it. (The media).(media coverage of sniper attacks in metropolitan Washington, D.C. area and other gruesome events)
Although, to judge by what one reads, real levels of literacy continue to decline in America, there is one sense in which we may be said to be a hyperliterate culture. This is in the challenge taken up by an apparently ever-increasing number of self-consciously artful prose stylists to make historical events their own by (as we may say) writing them up, and turning them into literature. One of the most striking recent examples is to be found in Martin Amis's book, published last summer, called Koba the Dread: Laughter and the 20 Million. For some reason, though he had nothing new to tell us about them, Martin Amis thought that the crimes of Josef Stalin had been ...
- La risa de Martin Amis.
- Magazine article from: Proceso Mejía Madrid, Fabrizio December 25, 2005 700+ words
...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...
- Martin Amis's memoirs.(Review)
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) May 27, 2000 700+ words
The ties that bind EXPERIENCE. By Martin Amis. Talk Miramax Books/Hyperion; 406...is famous and his father is famous, Martin Amis assumes, in his memoirs, that you...family's feelings with his "rude" (Martin Amis's mother's word) articles about...
- Martin Amis: 'La fama no vale nada'.(El Angel)
- Newspaper article from: Reforma (México D.F., México) January 13, 2002 700+ words
...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...
- Martin Amis: Now we are 60
- Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday Andrew Johnson; Gemma Mcintosh; Russell Arkinstall August 23, 2009 700+ words
...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...
- Reading The Information on Martin Amis's London.
- 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...
- Martin Amis. (British author)(Capitals: London)
- Magazine article from: Europe Lennon, David April 1, 1995 700+ words
Martin Amis, regarded by many in the UK as the leading...fiction writers go there is no one to touch Martin Amis. His critics say that since the success of...sounds just like one of the characters in a Martin Amis novel.
- Big-time Shakespeare and the Joker in the Pack: the intrusive author in Martin...
- Magazine article from: Journal of Narrative Theory Duggan, Robert January 1, 2009 700+ words
Martin Amis's 1984 novel Money is part of that...suffering protagonist, employs "Martin Amis" as a scriptwriter for his new film...move of including a character called Martin Amis, for fear that the reader might identify...
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