Jim Crace
Photograph © Tim
Wainwright.
'A writer of hallucinatory
skill'
John Updike
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What’s New:
Read an exclusive extract
from Jim Crace’s new novel
All That Follows
here
Picador has confirmed the publication date of 2 April 2010
for All That Follows, Jim
Crace’s new novel.
Please see Note on copyright at the bottom of this contents page.
This site is for information about the writer Jim Crace.
Much archived material, including interviews, uncollected short stories,
excerpts from novels,
journalism and comment, can be found by following the link to Highlights,
or using the section headings in the left-hand frame.
Being Dead film stalls
due to funding difficulties
Sad to report that work on the film of Being Dead
has apparently stalled due to a shortage of funds.
Both Ray Lawrence, the film’s director,
and a spokeswoman for producer Emile Sherman
have confirmed that Being Dead is on hold
following the withdrawal of a “key component of the funding”.
The catalogue of the Literary Archive
of Jim Crace
In 2008 the Harry
Ransom Humanities Research Center
at The University of Texas at
acquired the archive of Jim Crace.
The archive contains all of
Crace's manuscripts,
not just of his novels but of stories, plays and essays.
The collection also includes notes and outlines for works,
reviews, trade journals, radio plays, art work,
recordings, press clippings, juvenilia, correspondence
and a proposal for two novels.
A catalogue of this material has
been prepared
by John W. Wronoski and Don Lindgren of the Center and is available
on the ‘Other Writings’ page or by following this link.
It is fascinating to browse through this list of Jim Crace’s
literary output and projects.
Many thanks to the
for allowing us to make the catalogue available on this site.
Ray Lawrence to direct Being Dead
film
The film of Jim Crace’s 2001 novel Being Dead will be directed by Ray Lawrence (Lantana, Jindabyne).
The novel begins with the murder on an isolated beach of husband and wife
Joseph and Celice.
Different
strands describe the events leading up to the murder, the beginnings of Joseph
and Celice’s love,
and the efforts of their daughter Syl to find them once they go missing.
The novel has been adapted for the screen by Beatrix Christian, who worked on Jindabyne.
In the novel, the murder is an opportunistic act: Joseph and Celice are
truly in the wrong place
at the wrong time. Nevertheless they share a terrible secret about the death of
a fellow-student many years ago.
Early indications are that
“Being
Dead is classic Ray Lawrence relationship territory - an intelligent and
deeply satisfying murder mystery
in the same vein as Lantana,”
said Ruth Harley, chief executive of Screen
The film will be set in
Jim Crace in
The Harry
Ransom Humanities Research Center
at The University of Texas at
has acquired the archive of Jim Crace.
The archive contains all of
Crace's manuscripts,
not just of his novels but of stories, plays and essays.
The collection also includes notes and outlines for works,
reviews, trade journals, radio plays, art work,
recordings, press clippings, juvenilia, correspondence
and a proposal for two novels, The
Finalist and Archipelago.
The Crace materials will be
accessible once organized and housed.
This web site was launched in January 2000.
To read archived material from this site click
News
and highlights to Dec 2008
This
site also contains the following sections:
Chronology:
a brief biographical and literary chronology.
Books:
a discussion of Jim Crace's novels,
with extensive links and pointers to reviews and commentary about them.
This is the main section of the site. I invite ideas and contributions
from anyone with an interest in Crace's work.
Other writings:
a list (and some e-texts) of other writing by Crace,
including his first published stories, plays, journalism, reviews and opinions.
Forthcoming:
a list of forthcoming publications, appearances, etc.
Context:
links and pointers to information and discussion about
themes present in Crace's work, including exclusive interviews with
Jim Crace.
Feedback:
where you tell me about yourself and how to improve the site.
Jim Crace
I
would like to hear from anyone with ideas for content and links.
Please email me, Andrew Hewitt, at aghewitt@yahoo.com.
Last update:
December 2009
Note on copyright:
Original material on this web site is © Andrew Hewitt 2000-2009
and is available for literary non-commercial uses only.
Repurposed material is copyright as shown.
Please feel free to contact me if you want to reproduce any material
from this web site, I will try and help arrange permission if you require it.
Jim
Crace's books are available from Blackwell's Online Bookshop