Jim Crace Criticism

Jim Crace is a distinguished English novelist renowned for his imaginative storytelling and exploration of themes surrounding community and change. Born in 1946 in Herefordshire, England, Crace began his literary career after working in journalism and television, quickly establishing himself as a prominent figure in contemporary British literature. His debut collection, Continent (1986), is often considered a novel due to its seven interconnected stories set on a fictional third-world continent, where the clash between tradition and modernity unfolds. This work received accolades such as the Whitbread Award for First Novel and the Guardian Fiction Prize, with critics like Colin Greenland and a Publishers Weekly review recognizing its imaginative narrative.

Contents

  • Principal Works
  • Crace, Jim (Contemporary Literary Criticism)
    • Blurbists Credited with Discovery of Continent
    • Review of Continent
    • Post-Colonial Fiction: Our Custom is Different
    • The Prehistoric Future
    • A Prehistoric Tale
    • A Stone Age Storyteller Speaks from the Dawn of Narrative Art
    • Review of The Gift of Stones
    • Serendipity
    • Hurrying Back to Nature
    • Word Salad
    • Nostalgia for the Mud
    • The Phantom of the Market
    • Meet a Despotic Octogenarian and His Utopian Marketplace
    • Cornering the Market
    • Modern Gardening
    • All Hands on Deck
    • Ocean Views
    • On the Rocks
    • Jim Crace: Moral Activist, Conservative Romantic
    • Voyages Out
    • The Galilean
    • A Voice Crying in the Wilderness
    • Hiveward-Winging
    • Cavedweller
    • Temptation in the Wilderness
    • Jesus in the Desert
    • Jesus Lives
    • Review of Quarantine
    • The Emptiness Is All
    • Going Gracefully
    • The Absolute End
    • Supping Full on Horrors
    • A Rare Species
    • The Origin of Species
    • Meditations, Good and Bad
    • Approaching the Unknowable
    • Maximalist Fiction
    • Review of Being Dead
    • Beyond Postmodernism
    • The Devil's Larder
  • Crace, Jim (Short Story Criticism)
    • Change of Life
    • Review of Continent
    • Review of Continent
    • Review of Continent
    • Review of The Devil's Larder
    • Not in the Very Best of Taste
    • Perfect Monday Soup
    • Review of The Devil's Larder
    • Review of The Devil's Larder
    • A Light Collation
    • Review of The Devil's Larder
    • Review of The Devil's Larder
    • Smorgasbits
    • The Devil You Know
    • The Devil's Larder
  • Further Reading