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A writer and teacher, Bradbury founded the creative writing school at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England. The school turned out such writers as Booker Prize winner Ian McEwan. Bradbury himself wrote novels, 40 books of literary criticism, and numerous short stories and television scripts. He was made a Commander in the British Empire in 1991 and knighted earlier this year. Sir Malcolm Bradbury died November 27 from cryptogenic organizing pneumonia. He was 68. From This is True for 26 November 2000 Suggestions for further reading:
 By: Malcolm BradburyRichard Ruland List Price: $18.00 Amazon Price: $12.24  By: E. M. Forster List Price: $9.95 Amazon Price: $9.95 Editorial Review: Visiting Italy with her prim and proper cousin Charlotte as a chaperone, Lucy Honeychurch meets the unconventional lower-class Mr. Emerson and his son, George. Upon her return to England she becomes engaged to the supercilious Cecil Vyse, but finds herself increasingly torn between the expectations of the world in which she moves and the passionate yearnings of her heart. As Forster writes, "You can transmute love, ignore it, muddle it, but you can never pull it out of you." More than a love story, A Room With a View is a perceptive examination of class structure and a penetrating social comedy. With an Introduction and Notes by Malcolm BradburyIf you liked the movie, read the book.  By: Mark Twain List Price: $11.00 Amazon Price: $9.35 Editorial Review: Featuring the brilliantly drawn Roxanna, a mulatto slave who suffers dire consequences after switching her infant son with her master’s baby, and the clever Pudd’nhead Wilson, an ostracized small-town lawyer, Twain’s darkly comic masterpiece is a provocative exploration of slavery and miscegenation. Leslie A. Fiedler described the novel as “half melodramatic detective story, half bleak tragedy,” noting that “morally, it is one of the most honest books in our literature.” Those Extraordinary Twins, the slapstick story that evolved into Pudd’nhead Wilson, provides a fascinating view of the author’s process. The text for this Modern Library Paperback Classic was set from the 1894 first American edition.  By: Various List Price: $16.00 Amazon Price: $10.88  List Price: $19.00 Amazon Price: $14.25 |
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