{"product_id":"the-information-martin-amis","title":"The Information (Martin Amis)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY JAMES WOOD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnce close friends, writers Gwyn Barry and Richard Tull now find themselves in fierce competition.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile Tull has spiralled into a mire of literary obscurity and belletristic odd jobs, Barry's atrocious attempts at novels have brought him untold success. Prizes, prestige and wealth abound, and from far below Tull can only watch, stewing in torment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUntil, that is, resentment turns to revenge. Consumed by the question of how one writer can really hurt another, Tull's quest for an answer will unleash increasingly violent urges on both writers' lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A funny, vicious portrait of literary London' \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eMartin Amis was twenty-three when he wrote his first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Rachel Papers\u003c\/i\u003e (1973). Over the next half century - in fourteen more novels, two collections of short stories, eight works of literary criticism and reportage, and his acclaimed memoir, \u003ci\u003eExperience\u003c\/i\u003e - he established himself as the most distinctive and influential prose stylist of his generation. To many of his readers, Amis was also the funniest. His intoxicating comedic gifts express a profound understanding of the human experience, particularly its most shocking cruelties, and Amis wrote with pathos and verve on an astonishing range of subjects, from masculinity and movie violence to nuclear weapons and Nazi doctors. His books, which have been translated into thirty-eight languages, provide an indelible portrait and critique of late-capitalist society at the turn of the twenty-first century. He died in 2023.\n\u003cb\u003eJames Wood\u003c\/b\u003e has been a staff writer at the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e since 2007. In 2009, he won the National Magazine Award for reviews and criticism. He was the chief literary critic at the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e from 1992 to 1995, and a book critic at the \u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e from 1995 to 2007. He has published a number of books with Cape, including \u003ci\u003eHow Fiction Works\u003c\/i\u003e, which has been translated into thirteen languages.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 512 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63437739131229,"sku":"K097753032","price":11.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/223897-9775303200001A.jpg?v=1771133795","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-information-martin-amis","provider":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}