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About Jim Crace
English novelist, playwright and short story writer
Jim Crace is an English novelist, playwright and short story writer. Born in Hertfordshire, he became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1999. He has 89 quotes on the site. Crace’s fiction has reached readers far beyond Britain, with his novels translated into 28 languages, including Norwegian, Japanese, Portuguese and Hebrew. He has also lectured at the University of Texas at Austin, and his work is known through novels, plays and short stories alike.
More from Jim Crace (89 quotes) →More quotes by Jim Crace
- “Part of me feels that I'm letting people down by not being as interesting as my books.”Jim Crace
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- “Lots of people hate my stuff.”Jim Crace
- “The Commonwealth Prize is about celebrating the Commonwealth and the special relationship we have with the ex…”Jim Crace
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- “When President Teddy Roosevelt posed for the cameras astride a massive steam shovel during construction of th…”Alan Huffman
- “In His free grace, God is for man in every respect; He surrounds man from all sides. He is man's Lord who is…”Karl Barth
- “In my world, history comes down to language and art. No one cares much about what battles were fought, who wo…”Theodore Bikel
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- “I think that I have every right to write a book. I think I'm interesting. I have perspective about me.”Judy Garland
- “«A book can't take the place of a man!»«I disagree. A book can give you most things a relationship can. It ca…”Sarah Morgan
- “I am more excited about 'Divinity of Doubt: The God Question' than any other book in my entire career, and I'…”Vincent Bugliosi
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Books by Jim Crace
The pesthouse
2008
The gift of stones
1996
Arcadia
1992
All that follows
2010
Quarantine
1999