{"product_id":"living-by-fiction-9780060915445","title":"Living by Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Everyone who timidly, bombastically, reverently, scholastically\u003c\/strong\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003eeven fraudulently\u003c\/strong\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003eessays to 'live the life of the mind' should read this book. It's elegant and classy, like caviar and champagne, and like these two items, it's over much too soon.\" --\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Dillard's classic work of literary criticism\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiving by Fiction \u003c\/em\u003eis written for--and dedicated to--people who love literature. Dealing with writers such as Nabokov, Barth, Coover, Pynchon, Borges, García Márquez, Beckett, and Calvino, Annie Dillard shows how contemporary fiction works and why traditional fiction will always move us. Like Joyce Cary's \u003cem\u003eArt and Reality\u003c\/em\u003e, this is a book by a writer on the issues raised by the art of literature. Readers of\u003cem\u003e Pilgrim at Tinker Creek \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eHoly the Firm \u003c\/em\u003ewill recognize Dillard's vivid writing, her humor, and the lively way she tackles the urgent questions of meaning in experience itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Annie Dillard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.33w x 0.47d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060915445","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48460502958217,"sku":"9780060915445","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_243b970a-bbbd-4717-aa43-115ba9e922a1.jpg?v=1790663967","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/living-by-fiction-9780060915445","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}