Manchester University Press
5 Jon McGregor
Abstract
This chapter traces the development of Jon McGregor’s writing up to the publication of his collection of short stories This Isn’t the Sort of Thing that Happens to Someone Like You (2012). It establishes McGregor’s deep interest in the resonance of the everyday and the overlooked, and examines the ethical importance of mutual recognition and the import of the other in his writing. McGregor’s fiction always demands the gaze of an often disinterested world both as an act of charity, and as a statement of human connectedness.
Abstract
This chapter traces the development of Jon McGregor’s writing up to the publication of his collection of short stories This Isn’t the Sort of Thing that Happens to Someone Like You (2012). It establishes McGregor’s deep interest in the resonance of the everyday and the overlooked, and examines the ethical importance of mutual recognition and the import of the other in his writing. McGregor’s fiction always demands the gaze of an often disinterested world both as an act of charity, and as a statement of human connectedness.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i 1
- Dedication v
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgements viii
- Introduction 1
- 1 Ali Smith 26
- 2 Andrew O’Hagan 74
- 3 Tom McCarthy 115
- 4 Sarah Hall 154
- 5 Jon McGregor 202
- Select bibliography 243
- Index 253
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i 1
- Dedication v
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgements viii
- Introduction 1
- 1 Ali Smith 26
- 2 Andrew O’Hagan 74
- 3 Tom McCarthy 115
- 4 Sarah Hall 154
- 5 Jon McGregor 202
- Select bibliography 243
- Index 253
