Irish author says he wonders what kind of writer he will be when his ‘feet touch the ground’
“In many ways I didn’t sign up for this. I’m an introvert who’s learned how to be social, a social introvert,” he said. “I signed up to sit in a room on my own for three or four years and write a book,” he said.
The day after winning, he did 23 interviews, with two 10-minute breaks. “I’m a meditator, and I said, ‘I need to meditate, so let me go into a room,’ and I meditate for 10 minutes and they literally grabbed me by the collar and yanked me back out.” The Booker Prize staff told him he had appeared in 3,000 pieces of media around the world that day.
It is a “very dangerous thing to presume” that liberal democracy is going to remain. “Civilisation is such a thin veneer, and it’s so fragile.” Lynch also said that he has been rereading Herzog by Saul Bellow, a writer “who has been banished. The problem with banished writers, the great dead white males, is that great writing still sits there, and it calls you back.” – Guardian
Ireland Latest News, Ireland Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
DPP considering new garda file on investigation into death of hit and run victim Stephen LynchNobody ever charged over death of Lynch (31) who was struck by vehicle at Brookfield Close in 2017
Read more »
Mike Lynch tells US jury Autonomy ‘wasn’t perfect’ but denies fraudIrish-born tech entrepreneur takes the stand at trial over 2011 acquisition by HP
Read more »
International Booker Prize 2024: Jenny Erpenbeck becomes first German writer to win £50,000 awardAuthor shares prize for Kairos, her novel about lovers in 1980s East Berlin, with its translator, Michael Hofmann
Read more »
Artistic License: Eimear LynchOnline
Read more »
Odhran Lynch won't be rooted to his line against Galway insists Derry teammate'He’s a great lad, it’ll not really get to him. He’s fairly easygoing, he’s probably one of the most easygoing people I know.'
Read more »
Boyzone star Shane Lynch 'praying for a revelation' for Bambie Thug'I wasn't too far off exactly what she was or is at the moment, which gave me such a revelation of grace, mercy, and the love of God,' he said.
Read more »