Tim Parks Q & A

       In Sunday's Zaman Can Bahadır Yüce has a Q & A with the author, in which Tim Parks says importance of literature overrated.
       Some good answers, including:

What is the biggest challenge facing a young writer in the global age ? Originality ?

The greatest challenge for any young writer is finding a publisher and getting paid.

       Most of the discussion is occasioned by Parks' writing in Where I'm Reading From: The Changing World of Books -- much of which previously appeared at the NYRDaily weblog. I haven't seen the book, but I always enjoy (if rarely fully agree with ...) the posts.
       See also the publicity pages for the book at the New York Review Books and Harvill Secker, or get your copy at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk.