How Fiction Works (Tenth Anniversary Edition): Updated and Expanded

10th anniversary revised edition with new Introduction James Wood's How Fiction Works is a scintillating study of...
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How Fiction Works (Tenth Anniversary Edition): Updated and Expanded by Wood, James

How Fiction Works (Tenth Anniversary Edition): Updated and Expanded

€25,04

How Fiction Works (Tenth Anniversary Edition): Updated and Expanded

€25,04
Author: James Wood
Format: Paperback
Language: English

10th anniversary revised edition with new Introduction

James Wood's How Fiction Works is a scintillating study of the magic of fiction--an analysis of its main elements and a celebration of its lasting power.

Here one of the most prominent and stylish critics of our time looks into the machinery of storytelling to ask some fundamental questions: What do we mean when we say we "know" a fictional character? What constitutes a telling detail? When is a metaphor successful? Is Realism realistic? Why do some literary conventions become dated while others stay fresh?

James Wood ranges widely, from Homer to Make Way for Ducklings, from the Bible to John le Carré, and his book is both a study of the techniques of fiction-making and an alternative history of the novel. Playful and profound, How Fiction Works will be enlightening to writers, readers, and anyone else interested in what happens on the page.

Author: James Wood
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 08/07/2018
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.20h x 4.60w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781250183927

About the Author
JAMES WOOD is a staff writer at The New Yorker and a visiting lecturer at Harvard. He is the author of two essay collections, The Broken Estate and The Irresponsible Self, and a novel, The Book Against God.

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