13 Ways of Looking at the Novel
Paperback 608 pages English Sep 12, 2006
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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 ReviewFrom 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
- Publisher:
- Anchor
- Publication Date:
- Sep 12, 2006
- Number of pages:
- 608 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 1400033187
- ISBN-13:
- 9781400033188