What exactly is the “Penelope Fitzgerald” problem? Perhaps it is indeed the ability to write one’s mind, with no regard for trends. The ability to do so comes from the wisdom of life experience combined with the time and space to think—the freedom, rather than the problem, of the late bloomer.
At Lit Hub, Jessica Ferri profiles two “late-blooming” English novelists, Penelope Fitzgerald and Jane Gardam, for insight into their prolific late-in-life writing careers.
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