On Becoming a Novelist by Gardner, John

On Becoming a Novelist

On Becoming a Novelist contains the wisdom accumulated during John Gardner's distinguished twenty-year career as a fiction...
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Author: John Gardner
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On Becoming a Novelist by Gardner, John

On Becoming a Novelist

CHF 19.84

On Becoming a Novelist

CHF 19.84
Author: John Gardner
Format: Paperback
Language: English
On Becoming a Novelist contains the wisdom accumulated during John Gardner's distinguished twenty-year career as a fiction writer and creative writing teacher. With elegance, humor, and sophistication, Gardner describes the life of a working novelist; warns what needs to be guarded against, both from within the writer and from without; and predicts what the writer can reasonably expect and what, in general, he or she cannot. For a certain kind of person, Gardner writes, nothing is more joyful or satisfying than the life of a novelist. But no other vocation, he is quick to add, is so fraught with professional and spiritual difficulties. Whether discussing the supposed value of writer's workshops, explaining the role of the novelist's agent and editor, or railing against the seductive fruits of literary elitism, On Becoming a Novelist is an indispensable, life-affirming handbook for anyone authentically called to the profession. A miraculously detailed account of the creative process.--Anne Tyler, Baltimore Sun

Author: John Gardner
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 10/17/1999
Pages: 172
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.37lbs
Size: 8.26h x 5.60w x 0.45d
ISBN: 9780393320039


Review Citation(s):
New York Times 11/14/1999 pg. 38

About the Author
Gardner, John: - John Gardner was the best-selling author of more than 25 books and taught creative writing at many universities, among them Chico State, Bennington College, and SUNY-Binghamton. His novels Grendel, The Sunlight Dialogues, and October Light are regarded as modern classics. He was killed in a motorcycle accident in 1982 at the age of 49.

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