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Paul Giles, The Conversation

Mystique, minimalism and cataclysm: Cormac McCarthy’s dark counter-narrative to American optimism

Writer Cormac McCarthy (1933-2023) died on June 13.

Paul Giles, The Conversation
· Jun 14, 2023 · 05:30 pm
Toni Morrison’s books were haunted by history – past-present, slavery-freedom all mixed up

Her art resists classification. She used aesthetic elusiveness to create fiction as offerings of ‘a more intimate version of history’.

Paul Giles, The Conversation
· Aug 09, 2019 · 07:30 am
Harper Lee's gamble could undermine her Mockingbird

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of To Kill a Mockingbird is set to rerelease her second novel in the coming months.

Paul Giles, The Conversation
· Feb 06, 2015 · 01:15 pm