一個由英國新銳女小說家Zadie Smith執行，集合當代小說家絕妙的計畫，這會是你今年最酷的小說閱讀經驗之一。
找到當代眾小說家以不同的故事，塑造不同的角色，以及各種關於「角色」的新角度，這一切的混亂與苦惱，都源自於需要「虛構一個人物」，好讓他去發生一些虛構的故事啊。
A stellar host of writers explore the cornerstone of fiction writing: character
The Book of Other People is about character. Twenty-five or so outstanding writers have been asked by Zadie Smith to make up a fictional character. By any measure, creating character is at the heart of the fictional enterprise, and this book concentrates on writers who share a talent for making something recognizably human out of words (and, in the case of the graphic novelists, pictures). But the purpose of the book is variety: straight "realism"-if such a thing exists-is not the point. There are as many ways to create character as there are writers, and this anthology features a rich assortment of exceptional examples.
The writers featured in The Book of Other People include:
Aleksandar Hemon
Nick Hornby
Hari Kunzru
Toby Litt
David Mitchell
George Saunders
Colm Toibin
Chris Ware, and more
