Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
James Sallis has published sixteen novels, multiple collections of short stories, essays, and poems, books of musicology, a biography of Chester Himes, and a translation of Raymond Queneau's novel Saint Glinglin. He has written about books for the LA Times, New York Times, and Washington Post, and for some years served as a books columnist for the Boston Globe. He has received a lifetime achievement award from Bouchercon, the Hammett Award for literary excellence in crime writing, and The Grand Prix de Littérature Policière.
<p>'Sallis creates vivid images in very few words and his taut, pared-down prose is distinctive and powerful. The result is a small masterpiece' Susanna Yager, Sunday Telegraph</p><p>'Sallis's lean mystery and flat-voiced prose are refreshing, even startling. A lovely piece of work' Paul Skenesay, Washington Post Best Books of the Year</p>
<p>'The poet Sallis betrays himself on every page with an inordinate desire to capture a nuance of light, essence of cat or waver of a farewell. His prose style is witty, elliptical and heady with image and allusion; his bedrock underlying purpose is nothing less than an exploration of meaning and identity'</p>
LA Times
<p>'There is a deep poetry that lurks beneath the language, a rhythm that beautifully captures the way real people speak and think'</p>
- Doug Johnstone,
<p>'At this point, it may be fair and best to say James Sallis is a genre unto himself'</p>
- Craig McDonald,
<p>'One of the most enjoyable and most important writers working today, James Sallis has quietly revolutionised an entire genre of literature'</p>
- Sara Gran,
Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
James Sallis has published sixteen novels, multiple collections of short stories, essays, and poems, books of musicology, a biography of Chester Himes, and a translation of Raymond Queneau's novel Saint Glinglin. He has written about books for the LA Times, New York Times, and Washington Post, and for some years served as a books columnist for the Boston Globe. He has received a lifetime achievement award from Bouchercon, the Hammett Award for literary excellence in crime writing, and The Grand Prix de Littérature Policière.