Literature's legacy of honourable failure
16 Jan 2007
What makes a good writer? Is writing an expression of self, or, as TS Eliot argued, "an escape from personality"? Do novelists have a duty? Do readers? Why are there so few truly great novels? In…
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What makes a good writer? Is writing an expression of self, or, as TS Eliot argued, "an escape from personality"? Do novelists have a duty? Do readers? Why are there so few truly great novels? In this weekend's issue of The Guardian, author Zadie Smith asks - and attempts to answer - these questions and more with help from her fellow writers. Click here for the full story.
Image: British author Zadie Smith