2023年5月21日 星期日

Mr. Martin Amis’s (1949-2023)literary heroes — he called them his “Twin Peaks” — were Vladimir Nabokov and Saul Bellow,


Martin Amis, Acclaimed Author of Bleakly Comic Novels, Dies at 73

In books like “Money” and “The Information,” he created “a high style to describe low things,” as he put it. He found more renown as a critic, and a measure of unease as his famous father’s son.

Martin Amis in 2012. He wrote 15 novels, a memoir and books of nonfiction. He was also known for his swagger, his good looks and his involvements with some of the most watched young women of his era.
Credit...Jennifer S. Altman for The New York Times



The Paris Review 

 
The Paris Review mourns the loss of Martin Amis (1949-2023). In celebration of his life and work, read our Art of Fiction interview with Amis in issue no. 146 (Spring 1998).
Follow the link in our bio to read the interview, unlocked from our archive.
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Martin Amis, Acclaimed Author of Bleakly Comic Novels, Dies at 73

In books like “Money” and “The Information,” he created “a high style to describe low things,” as he put it. He found more renown as a critic, and a measure of unease as his famous father’s son.


 Mr. Amis’s literary heroes — he called them his “Twin Peaks” — were Vladimir Nabokov and Saul Bellow, and critics located in his work both Nabokov’s gift for wordplay and gamesmanship and Bellow’s exuberance and brio.

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