Brooks, Libby. “Ruth Rendell: Dark lady of whodunnits”. The Guardian, pp. 16 -19.
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Peter Kemp
Standard Name: Kemp, Peter
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Friends, Associates | Ruth Rendell | Winterson said, She was the mother I never had—wise, benign, loving and always there. |
| Literary responses | Anita Brookner | Peter Kemp
attacked this novel in the Sunday Times under the title of The mouse that whinged: he was particularly incensed at what he regarded as AB
's unacceptably feminine qualities as a novelist... |
| Literary responses | Anita Brookner | It was widely felt that her productivity (almost a novel a year) had the effect of lowering her valuation. Her quiet novels provoked some aggressive criticism, like that of Peter Kemp
, or of Anthony Burgess |
| Literary responses | Jeanette Winterson | Reviewers were not enthusiastic about this novel: JW
herself said they were eager to pounce. Wachtel, Eleanor, editor. “Jeanette Winterson”. More Writers and Company: New Conversations with CBC Radio’s Eleanor Wachtel, Vintage Canada, 1997, pp. 136 - 49. 137 |
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