“She objected that this novel could inspire copy-cat crimes, – explains Shriver – for which the author and her poor unwitting agent would be implicitly responsible.” While rejecting the notion of a self-imposed censorship (and thus the sage advice of her agent, which included ‘have you thought about making it into a comedy?’ ), that’s not to suggest that she hasn’t clear ideas about a writer’s responsibilities: “I do try to write from a perspective with which I am morally comfortable. The relationship between art and violence seems to come into particular play with this sensitive subject, as Shriver, the author of six previous novels, discovered when she presented We need to talk about Kevin to her then agent. “You’d never write Crime and Punishment, lest arrogant young men take axes to miserly crones”, argues the author, whose latest book has as its subject a mother coming to terms with the high-school murder rampage of her son.
OL15233654W Page_number_confidence 97.30 Pages 854 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.15 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20210714100208 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 757 Scandate 20210713192113 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9781445855127 Tts_version 4.“If you don’t allow yourself to write characters who do disagreeable things–if you only allow yourself to write about what you would be glad for your readers to imitate in real life–then you’re pretty much constrained to characters who help little old ladies across the street and rescue cats from trees,” points out Lionel Shriver, author of We need to talk aobut Kevin. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 10:01:43 Boxid IA40838822 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier
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