Irish - Author | 1991 -
There are a lot of experimental novels that test the boundaries of what the novel is, and 'Conversations' is not one of those. It's conventional in its structure, even though its prose style and the themes it explores and the politics that underpin it, maybe, are on the experimental side. Its basic structure is pretty conventional.
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Everyone has a life. I haven't had a particularly interesting one.
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I like Christianity. I'm a fan of Jesus and his whole philosophy but not the social teaching aspects of it, of course.
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I'm only interested in writing about relationships.
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We're not always the most insightful about ourselves.
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In my fiction, I pursue this idea of intimacy, but also - philosophically, politically - I just feel like that's the interesting question for me. How much can we share with other people? I'm not interested in human individuality; I don't even know what that means.
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Class is something that I think seriously about and try to organise my politics around. I think there are lots of novels that don't really engage with questions of class at all, and they get less conversation about issues of social privilege than I do. But it's better to try and talk about it and maybe fail.
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You can spend hours editing an email but send it as if you wrote it in a minute.
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I definitely don't aspire to writing that's 'timeless,' whatever that means.
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Being shortlisted for the Swansea University International Dylan Thomas Prize is, of course, a real honour for me and my work. When I wrote 'Conversations with Friends,' it was hard for me to imagine the book even finding readers - so it's a huge privilege to find it judged alongside such exciting and innovative new writing. I'm very grateful.
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I gave myself the small task of writing honestly about the kind of life I knew. I believe there is some value in carrying out that task, however limited.
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One thing debating did was bring me in contact with a whole social world that I had never experienced before. It's sort of a very international, very niche hobby.
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