Bob Hansman
runs nationially recognized City Faces program
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British novelist Mantel to read for Writing Program
By Liam Otten Critically acclaimed British novelist Hilary Mantel will read from her work at 8 p.m. Sept. 26 for The Writing Program Reading Series. In addition, Mantel will give a colloquium on the craft of fiction at 8 p.m. Oct. 2. Both events are free and open to the public and will take place in Hurst Lounge, located in Duncker Hall, Room 201. A book signing will follow the reading and copies of Mantel's works will be available for purchase.
She is the author of eight novels, most recently The Giant, O'Brien (1998) and An Experiment in Love (1995), which Margaret Atwood has called "a haunting book." Her other works are Every Day Is Mother's Day (1985), Vacant Possession (1986), Eight Months on Ghazzah Street (1988), Fludd (1990), A Place of Greater Safety (1992) and A Change of Climate (1994). "Hilary Mantel might still be something of a well-kept secret here," said Marshall Klimasewiski, assistant professor of English, "but back in Britain she has been recognized since the early '90s as one of the most ambitious novelists around. Her historical fictions -- The Giant, O'Brien, which is set in 1782 London, and the tremendous A Place of Greater Safety, about the French Revolution -- are at the forefront of the recent and unlikely literary rebirth of that genre. "Mantel is a tremendous stylist who is nevertheless devoted to the old pleasures of psychological fiction and tightly constructed, fast-paced dramas," Klimasewiski added. "I can't imagine it will be long before the secret is out in this country, too." Born in Derbyshire, England, Mantel has lived in Botswana and Saudi Arabia. Her major awards include the Shiva Naipaul Memorial Prize, the Winifred Holtby Award, the Sunday Express Book of the Year Award and the Hawthornden Prize. For more information, call 935-7130. |
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