{"product_id":"david-lodge-writers-luck-2018-hardback","title":"David Lodge: Writer's Luck [2018] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Lodge's frank and illuminating memoir about the years where he found great success as a novelist and critic.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLuck plays an important part in the careers of writers. In this book David Lodge explores how his work was inspired and affected by unpredictable events in his life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1976 Lodge was pursuing a 'twin-track career' as novelist and academic. As a literary critic, he made serious contributions to the subject, before carnivalising it in his comic-satiric novel \u003ci\u003eSmall World. \u003c\/i\u003eThe balancing act between his two professions was increasingly difficult to maintain, and he became a full-time writer just before he published his bestselling novel \u003ci\u003eNice Work.\u003c\/i\u003e Both books were shortlisted for the Booker Prize, in which he was later involved as Chairman of the judges.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReaders of Lodge's novels will be fascinated by the insights this book gives - not only into his professional career but also more personal experience. The main focus, however, is on writing as a vocation. Anyone who is interested in learning about the creative process, about the dual nature of the novel as both work of art and commodity, will find \u003ci\u003eWriter's Luck \u003c\/i\u003ea candid and entertaining guide.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lodge, David","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":52070265815379,"sku":"9781787300408","price":35.71,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":52070265782611,"sku":"XV81787300408","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/lodge-david-david-lodge-writer-s-luck-2018-hardback-1196483903.jpg?v=1759863560","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/david-lodge-writers-luck-2018-hardback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}