Lasdun

British  

/ ˈlæzdən /

noun

1. Sir Denys. 1914–2001, British architect. He is best known for the University of East Anglia (1968) and the National Theatre in London (1976)

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Example Sentences

“It’s a rare novel that leaves you reeling simultaneously with admiration, exhaustion, amazement at its author’s reach and skill, and desolation at the world it spreads out before you,” James Lasdun writes in his review.

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2022

But an objective truth does exist here, and, finally, Lasdun reveals it.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 30, 2019

But here, Lasdun marries autofiction to the more obviously stylized genre of the psychological thriller, deploying cliffhangers and the trope of the unreliable narrator.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 30, 2019

Two years after the workshop ended, Nasreen emailed Lasdun about a finished draft of her novel.

From The Guardian • Feb. 16, 2013

Apart from remaining unresponsive, Lasdun seems to have done nothing to provoke her; she might just as well have focused on any other writer, any other person.

From The Guardian • Feb. 16, 2013