Tibor Fischer
Tibor Fischer
Tibor Fischeris a British novelist and short story writer. In 1993, he was selected by the influential literary magazine Granta as one of the 20 best young British writers and his novel Under the Frog featured on the Booker Prize shortlist...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth15 November 1959
hungarian
When I think of Hungarian films, I think of despair and bleakness, and what's more, despair and bleakness of indefensible duration.
assumed eastern knew
Because my name is Hungarian, everyone assumed I knew about Hungary. I didn't. They also assumed that if you knew about Hungary, you also knew about the rest of Eastern Europe.
agency andrew fresh hankering ways
Some years ago, I fired my agent, Andrew Wylie, alias The Jackal. I want to stress this wasn't an amicable parting of the ways or a hankering on my part for fresh representation. I fired him because his agency wasn't doing enough for me.
directors hungarian
Outside their country, Hungarian directors have had, from the critics at least, a friendly reception.
home stay tend travelling work writers
Travelling is difficult, and writers tend to want to stay at home and do their work.
involves prolific
I'm not the most prolific writer in the world, and, sadly, writing a novel involves a lot of effort.
access life parallel truly unless
Usually, when you make a decision in life, unless you have access to parallel universes, you can't truly judge how right that decision was.
accused labelled obvious timid
You can't really win as a Booker judge. If you choose the obvious names, the unit-shifters, you're accused of being timid and unimaginative; if you choose the unfamous, you're labelled willful and perverse.
feet secret cases
I always consider every place worth exploring once- just in case there's a thirty foot flaming sign divulging the secret of life, that no one has told me about.
matter way british
The way British publishing works is that you go from not being published no matter how good you are, to being published no matter how bad you are.
new-york cities london
New York City has fantastic restaurants and, unlike London, a lot of the best restaurants are relatively cheap.
half literature events
I went to a British Council event a while back and there were lots of German professors of literature. About half of them were convinced I had a German sense of humour and the other half were sure it was British. They are probably still arguing about it now.
senior strong attitude
It's true, some senior Hungarian writers are not known for their laughter. There is a strong Germanic influence - an attitude that if it's enjoyable it can't possibly be literature.
new-york cities people
You don't really have to go anywhere in particular in New York City to have a good time. In every part of town, there's always something going on. It helps to know people there, too, because everything changes so fast, and they will be able to point out what's hot this month.