13 Ways of Looking at the Novel

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Reference, Books & Reading, Essays & Letters, Essays
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Author: Jane Smiley ISBN: 9780307480989
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Publication: December 10, 2008
Imprint: Anchor Language: English
Author: Jane Smiley
ISBN: 9780307480989
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication: December 10, 2008
Imprint: Anchor
Language: English

An essential guide for writers and readers alike, here is Smiley’s great celebration of the novel. As she embarks on an exhilarating tour through one hundred titles—from classics such as the thousand-year-old Tale of Genji to recent fiction by Zadie Smith and Alice Munro—she 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.

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An essential guide for writers and readers alike, here is Smiley’s great celebration of the novel. As she embarks on an exhilarating tour through one hundred titles—from classics such as the thousand-year-old Tale of Genji to recent fiction by Zadie Smith and Alice Munro—she 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.

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