Clever, funny and captivating The Writing School is a memoir told by way of a fictionalised account of the author's time teaching a residential writing course deep in the British countryside. A highly original book about writing, writers and what drives us to want to put lives into words.
Miranda France Knihy
Miranda France se ve své tvorbě zaměřuje na pronikavé zkoumání kulturních střetů a lidské psychiky, často zasazené do exotických prostředí. Její psaní vyniká poetickým jazykem a hlubokým porozuměním pro složitost lidských vztahů. France se nebojí poukazovat na nepříjemné pravdy a její díla čtenáře nutí k zamyšlení nad vlastními předsudky a očekáváními. Její literární styl je zároveň přístupný a obohacující, což z ní činí výraznou postavu současné literatury.


Bad Times in Buenos Aires
- 220 stránek
- 8 hodin čtení
A funny and poignant account of life in Buenos Aires, by a young prize-winning writer. In 1993 Miranda France moved to South America, drawn to Buenos Aires as the intellectual hub of the continent, with its wealth of writers and its romantic, passionate and tragic history. She found that is was all these things, but it was also a terrible place to live. The inhabitants of Buenos Aires are famously unhappy. All over South America they are known for their arrogance, their fixation of Europe and their moodiness. Very soon, Miranda France encounters' bronca' - the simmering and barely controllable rage that is a staple feature of life in the Argentinian capital. She finds that 'bronca' has deep roots: the violence and racism of the first European settlers; the dictatorships, especially in the 1970s when so many 'disappeared'; even Evita Peron, for there was no rage to rival Evita's.