In classical myth, the journey into the west is also the journey toward death, the westward horizon marking the setting of the sun and thus man’s own inevitable twilight.
Review: All for Nothing, Walter Kempowski
A Book Review by Alan Bilton: All for Nothing, a novel by the German writer Walter Kempowski – his last novel before he died in 2007.
Essay: On writing The Known and Unknown Sea
Novelist Alan Bilton gives us some insights into the writing and inspiration behind his second novel The Known and Unknown Sea.