Tom McCarthy (1) (1969–)
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About the Author
Tom McCarthy is the author of Satin Island, and made the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2015 shortlist. This same title also made the shortlist for the Goldsmiths Prize 2015. (Bowker Author Biography)
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Obras de Tom McCarthy
Associated Works
Significant Objects: 100 Extraordinary Stories about Ordinary Things (2012) — Contribuinte — 57 cópias
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome de batismo
- McCarthy, Tom Patrick
- Data de nascimento
- 1969-05-22
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- País (para mapa)
- UK
- Local de nascimento
- London, England, UK
- Locais de residência
- London, England, UK
Prague, Czech Republic
Berlin, Germany
Amsterdam, Netherlands - Educação
- Dulwich College, London, England, UK
Oxford University (New College) - Ocupação
- novelist
artist - Organizações
- International Necronautical Society
- Premiações
- Windham–Campbell Literature Prize (2013)
Membros
Resenhas
Listas
Prêmios
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Associated Authors
Estatísticas
- Obras
- 11
- Also by
- 9
- Membros
- 3,510
- Popularidade
- #7,241
- Avaliação
- 3.4
- Resenhas
- 128
- ISBNs
- 248
- Idiomas
- 13
- Favorito
- 7
However, I honestly don't mean to sound negative - there's a lot to enjoy here. Any fan of Herge's series will have to take a little away from this at the least, with McCarthy drawing intriguing parallels between various modes of literary analysis and philosophy, and the 24 albums in the "Tintin" canon. The "Castafiore's Clit" section is perhaps the most convincing, while his in-depth probing into the Haddock family history is inspired.
I wasn't convinced by a great deal of this book, and there were sections I thought were absolute balderdash, but surely that is true of any academic study of literature. Here's to McCarthy for writing this intriguing work. (And if nothing else, perhaps THAT is the "secret of literature": that we can make any answer out of it that we will?)
(One final thought: I heartily agree with McCarthy that "The Castafiore Emerald" may be the - pardon the pun - jewel in Herge's crown. The most surprising thing was to read reviews of McCarthy's book which denounced his opinions, on the basis that "Emerald" is a cosmic bore. Really!?)… (mais)