“Sex annihilates identity, and the space given to sex in contemporary novels is an avowal of the absence of character.” CharacterGivenSexSpaceNovelIdentityAbsenceContemporary Book:The humanist in the bathtub Source: The humanist in the bathtub
“You could say that this book is ripped from the headlines, but that wouldn't be fair. Bret Anthony Johnston's riveting novel picks up where the tabloids leave off, and takes us places even the best journalism can't go. Remember Me Like This is a wise, moving, and troubling novel about family and identity, and a clear-eyed inventory of loss and redemption.” BookRememberMovingLossNovelClearWiseIdentityPicksFairsRedemptionJournalismHeadlinesRippedTabloidsRemember MeAbout FamilyInventory Author:Tom Perrotta
“Writing a novel, I am making is an object that has a life and identity of its own, apart from me.” WritingNovelIdentityObjects Author:Jay Neugeboren
“The act of migration puts into crisis everything about the migrating individual or group, everything about identity and selfhood and culture and belief. So if this is a novel about migration it must be that act of putting in question. It must perform the crisis it describes.” IfsCultureIndividualBeliefNovelGroupsIdentityCrisisMigration Author:Salman Rushdie
“I wish every American explored the importance of novel writing, identity, honesty, character and place in fresh-ass ways.” WayWritingCharacterWishNovelHonestyIdentityImportanceAssNovel Writing Author:Kiese Laymon