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About Walter Kirn
American novelist, literary critic, and essayist
Walter Kirn is an American novelist, literary critic, and essayist. He is known for his fiction and criticism, and for writing the novel Up in the Air, which was later adapted into a film starring George Clooney. Kirn has written eight books in all, and his work spans novels, literary criticism, and essays. He is best known for Up in the Air, the book that brought him the widest recognition and reached an even larger audience through its film version.
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- “Prayer was not a sacred or holy thing. It was not spoken plainly, in Twi or English. It need not be performed…”Yaa Gyasi
- “Being able to read a book in another language is a source of ego-stroking pride.”Emily O’Beirne
- “Actors always start with the voice and language. That's wrong. They should start with the body. The body is a…”Robert Wilson
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Books by Walter Kirn
Up in the air
2010
Lost in the meritocracy
2009