Tell Me What You’re Reading #15 Sophie McManus: The Art of Time in Fiction — Bookworms In The Wild

May 29

May 29 Tell Me What You’re Reading #15 Sophie McManus: The Art of Time in Fiction

Howard Altarescu

Sophie McManus has a master's degree in fiction writing and teaches writing at Sarah Lawrence College. Sophie is the author of the critically acclaimed novel, The Unfortunates.

Sophie discussed with me the “brilliant” little book, The Art of Time in Fiction by Joan Silber, and a variety of books written in the categories identified by Silber, “Classic Time”, “Long Time”, “Slowed Time”, “Switchback Time” and “Fabulous Time”.

More About Sophie

The Unfortunates

The books that Sophie and I referred to in our discussion

David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens

Review The Guardian

Flaubert

Review The Guardian

The Luminaries, by Eleanor Catton

Reviews The New York Times | The Guardian | The Guardian

The Truth About Parallel Lines, by Jill Block

The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Reviews The New York Times | The Guardian

The Unfortunates, by Sophie McManus

Reviews The New Yorker

A Box Full of Matches, by Nicholson Baker

Review The Guardian

Saturday, Ian McEwan

Review The New York Times | The Guardian | Kirkus Review

One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel García Márquez

Review The New York Times | The Washington Post | The Atlantic | The Guardian

Winter's Tale, by Mark Halprin

Reviews The New York Times | The Guardian | Kirkus Review

Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov

Reviews The New Yorker | The Atlantic

My First Fee,by Isaac Babel

Review Fiction Writers Review

Forever, Pete Hamill

Reviews The New York Times | The New Yorker | Kirkus Reviews

Memoir From Antproof Case, Mark Halprin

Reviews The New York Times | Kirkus Reviews

Sophie’s Bookstores Picks

Three Lives & Company, West Village

Community Bookstore, Brooklyn

Greenlight Bookstore, Brooklyn

Rough Draft Bar & Books, Kingston

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