"Nobody talks any more about that Victorian sense of the edifying purpose of literature, but I think it does exist, and it is precisely that, to broaden our moral imagination. A trend in modern popular fiction is big-heartedness on the part of the author, and I think it's fair to say I think there is a heart somewhere about my person, but it's not necessarily on my sleeve."
Monday, June 15, 2009
Zoë Heller: from columnist to novelist
In The Independent, Christina Patterson talks to Zoë Heller about her transition from newspaper columnist to bestselling novelist.
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