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“There are many writers of my age who are steeped in Larkin and, like me, incorporate the cadences of his lines, often without being aware of it.” Read more...
Ian McEwan on the Books That Shaped His Novels
Ian McEwan, Novelist
“This is another one I had with me on my tour of duty….I especially like ‘High Windows’. I really like his non-religious spirituality; that’s what’s remarkable about his poems. You don’t have to agree with it, but you can look at things from another angle and that was important for me because I was in such a strange environment. So thinking as a poet in that environment helped me a lot. I would read in my bedroom at night, first in a tent and then later in rebuilt barracks….It’s about empathy. Well, he writes about ordinary things but he shows that you can look at it in another way than normal people do.” Read more...
A Poet Soldier’s View of Bosnia
Arnold Jansen, Poet
