Hinterland: "Galgut shows us how race and class bring status and sexuality threatens it. This beautifully written and utterly compelling novel by the acclaimed South African author traces E.Forster, diffident, self-doubting and longing for the fulfilment of an affectionate relationship, springs to life in Damon Galgut's perfectly judged and sensitively written novel." Damon Galgut announced as the winner of the 2015 Sunday Times Barry Ronge Fiction Prize on June 27th for ARCTIC SUMMER. Arctic Summer is an intimate portrait of the man who became one of Britain's finest novelists, his struggle to find a way of living and being, and a stunningly vivid evocation of the mysterious alchemy of the creative process.An interview with Damon Galgut on The Magwood on Books podcast about life of his subject EM Forster, and how he came to re-imagine the great authors life.Video of Galguts panel discussion with Ahdaf Soueif and Rajmohan Gandhi on the topic, Power to the People in Our Time has been shared by the festival organizers. Arctic Summer (the title comes from the novel Forster began in 1909 but never finished) is also about the act of creativity, of writing and not writing, and it cleverly muses on that at the. Indias 2015 Hindu Lit for Life Festival featured Galgut as one of the authors.
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