Sebald character Austerlitz’s belief that “all the moments of our life occupy the same space, as if future events already existed and were only waiting for us to find our way to them at last, just as when we have accepted an invitation we duly arrive at a certain house at a given time.” Since those lines seem almost literally accurate in describing Slade House, I have to wonder what your immediate reaction was when you finished the text. I cannot help but point out that the opening lines of your own book on Mitchell ( A Temporary Future: The Fiction of David Mitchell) fit his next novel perfectly: you cite W.G. PAH Patrick, I am delighted that you agreed to discuss Slade House prior to its imminent arrival (October 25) in bookstores and the mailboxes of Mitchell fans. This conversation will resume in early November, when Harris and O’Donnell will assess and respond to reviews of Slade House after it appears October 25. Harris and Patrick O’Donnell engage in a critical conversation about Slade House, in the hopes of piquing readers’ curiosity without making them feel piqued or PO’d.

Traditional book reviews of novelist David Mitchell’s writing inevitably spoil the pleasures of discovering what turn this genre-bending author’s latest work has taken even a cursory account of plot, characters, and structure tells many Mitchell fans things they’d rather not have known. A new novel from Mitchell, Slade House, debuts October 25, 2015.

Harris, devoted to the extraordinary fiction of David Mitchell. The University of Wisconsin Press journal SubStancepublished a special issue earlier in 2015, edited by Paul A. Previewing the book without preempting the pleasure of reading itĪ conversation with Mitchell scholars Paul A.

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