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In the concluding part of our interview with Jonathan Franzen, the author talks about why he writes long novels, not short stories, and his worries about the threat to writing posed by cultural entropy. Continue reading »
2009 was slated to be the year we finally got to see the Lamberts on screen; however reports from inside the industry increasingly suggest this to be over-optimistic. But what exactly is taking so long? The novel, first published in 2001, was optioned the same year, and said to be in pre-production the following spring. Stephen Daldry, who just directed the brilliant and award winning The Reader (also a book to film adaptation) was placed to helm it, only recently to have been replaced by Robert Zemeckis. Eight years on, and still no sign of a release date: There is no only additional information offered by IMDB, not even a rumoured casting. Continue reading »
In the first of our two-part interview with world renowned author, Jonathan Franzen, and to launch our 25th anniversary programme of articles on 4th Estate classic titles, the writer talks frankly about the social novel, politics and the importance of writing to maintain the integrity of personal experience in an increasingly digital world.
One of the things I talk about in the essay that I prefer to call ‘Why Bother?’ (From How to be Alone) is the relation between the supremacy of the novel in the 19th century and the fact that it had no major competitors. It’s not necessarily fair to measure our culture’s engagement with political reality by the health of the social novel, now that we have shows like The Wire and now that we have CNN. Continue reading »
As 2009 gets in to gear so do 4th Estate’s 25th anniversary celebrations. As well as our very popular short film, we’re also going to be celebrating with articles on some of 4th Estate’s biggest successes. We begin this month with Jonathan Franzen’s brilliant The Corrections, with new titles being explored in subsequent months, so look out for more 25th Estate posts in the weeks to come!
2009 sees the 25th anniversary of 4th Estate’s publishing.
In the summer of 2008, 4th Estate asked my company, Apt Studio, to create ’something stunning’ that would help them celebrate this anniversary, as well as celebrating books and their own ground-breaking, international, literary agenda.
Apt has worked with 4th Estate, and parent company HarperCollins, since 2002. Over the years, we’ve made a few films for them and also built the Fifth Estate blog that you’re reading this article on, as well as some other webby and creative projects - such as the recent Golden Notebook project for Doris Lessing. Continue reading »
Next year we see 25 years of 4th Estate publishing and we’re going to be celebrating… Continue reading »
