From new voices like NoViolet Bulawayo to rediscovered old voices like James Salter, from Dave Eggers's satire to David Thomson's history of film, writers, Observer critics and others pick their favourite reads of 2013. And they tell us what they hope to find under the tree …
Curtis Sittenfeld
Novelist
My favourite books of 2013 are Drama High (Riverhead) by Michael Sokolove, Sea Creatures (Turnaround) by Susanna Daniel, and & Sons (Harper Collins) by David Gilbert. Drama High is incredibly smart, moving non-fiction about an American drama teacher who for four decades coaxed sophisticated and nuanced theatrical performances out of teenage students who weren't privileged or otherwise remarkable and in so doing, changed their conceptions of what they could do with their lives. Sea Creatures is a gripping, beautifully written novel about the mother of a selectively mute three-year-old boy; when she takes a job ferrying supplies to a hermit off the coast of Florida,...
Curtis Sittenfeld
Novelist
My favourite books of 2013 are Drama High (Riverhead) by Michael Sokolove, Sea Creatures (Turnaround) by Susanna Daniel, and & Sons (Harper Collins) by David Gilbert. Drama High is incredibly smart, moving non-fiction about an American drama teacher who for four decades coaxed sophisticated and nuanced theatrical performances out of teenage students who weren't privileged or otherwise remarkable and in so doing, changed their conceptions of what they could do with their lives. Sea Creatures is a gripping, beautifully written novel about the mother of a selectively mute three-year-old boy; when she takes a job ferrying supplies to a hermit off the coast of Florida,...
- 11/24/2013
- by Ali Smith, Robert McCrum, Tim Adams, Kate Kellaway, Rachel Cooke, Sebastian Faulks, Jackie Kay
- The Guardian - Film News
Modern day – well, from the end of the Attitude Era – wrestling fans don’t really know a lot of the history of the business, the British wrestling days from the World of Sport, the Jim Crockett Promotions days, the early days of New Japan Pro Wrestling etc. Many rummage the Internet to dig up old matches and story-lines. However, in my opinion nothing helps someone understand wrestling history as much as a good book.
The wrestling book boom seemed to happen over night. Nowadays, there are so many autobiographies, memoirs and exposes. Any event with any importance seems to have numerous books written about it. Here are five books I believe every wrestling fan should read at least once.
5. “The Wrestling” By Simon Garfield
You may not be able to get a hold of it where you live, but “The Wrestling” by Simon Garfield is a brilliant book about the...
The wrestling book boom seemed to happen over night. Nowadays, there are so many autobiographies, memoirs and exposes. Any event with any importance seems to have numerous books written about it. Here are five books I believe every wrestling fan should read at least once.
5. “The Wrestling” By Simon Garfield
You may not be able to get a hold of it where you live, but “The Wrestling” by Simon Garfield is a brilliant book about the...
- 4/12/2013
- by Andrew Joshua
- Obsessed with Film
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