6/3/2023 0 Comments Last Orders by Graham SwiftLast Orders is set, like many of my novels, in a small corner of England. Who are these people? What has all this got to do with me? But then, if the story works, there will be a point when they say to themselves: “Hold on a moment, I’ve been there too.” Readers may begin a novel feeling at first that they’re entering a foreign country. To be drawn into a story is like receiving an embrace, to know you are not alone. There’s no limit to its intimacy, nor its candour. I think fiction is fundamentally an act of sharing, of intimate human communion. They’ve given my life meaning and fulfilment.Īnd they’ve given my life – I know this from many readers’ letters – something that can be shared meaningfully with the lives of others. I’ve never regretted either the dream or the long and sometimes tough process of turning myself into a writer. I wasn’t born a writer – is anyone? – I had to become one. It could be said I formed the dream of becoming a writer and the rest of my life was about making that dream come true. Composite: Janus van den Eijnden, Simon and Schusterīut it stuck. ‘It seems I’m attracted to the seaside’ … Graham Swift, and as a child, right.
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