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13 Ways of Looking at the Novel
13 Ways of Looking at the Novel
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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres comes an essential guide for writers and readers alike: an exhilarating tour through one hundred novels that "inspires wicked delight." --Los Angeles Times Book Review
From classics such as the thousand-year-old Tale of Genji to fiction by Zadie Smith, Jane Smiley explores the power of the form, looking at its history and variety, its cultural impact, and just how it works its magic. She invites us behind the scenes of novel-writing, sharing her own habits and spilling the secrets of her craft, and offering priceless advice to aspiring authors. Every page infects us anew with the passion for reading that is the governing spirit of this gift to book lovers everywhere.
Author: Jane Smiley
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 09/12/2006
Pages: 608
Weight: 1lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.10w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781400033188
From classics such as the thousand-year-old Tale of Genji to fiction by Zadie Smith, Jane Smiley explores the power of the form, looking at its history and variety, its cultural impact, and just how it works its magic. She invites us behind the scenes of novel-writing, sharing her own habits and spilling the secrets of her craft, and offering priceless advice to aspiring authors. Every page infects us anew with the passion for reading that is the governing spirit of this gift to book lovers everywhere.
Author: Jane Smiley
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 09/12/2006
Pages: 608
Weight: 1lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.10w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781400033188