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Smiley, Jane
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Fiction
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2008;2005
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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English
β 425 KB
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β¦ LIBER β¦
13 Ways of Looking at the Novel: novel
β Scribed by Jane Smiley
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 429 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0307480984
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling novelist Jane Smiley celebrates the novelβand takes us on an exhilarating tour through one hundred of themβin this seductive and immensely rewarding literary tribute.
In her inimitable styleβexuberant, candid, opinionatedβSmiley explores the power of the novel, 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 she offers priceless advice to aspiring authors. As she works her way through one hundred novelsβfrom classics such as the thousand-year-old Tale of Genji to recent fiction by Zadie Smith and Alice Munroβshe infects us anew with the passion for reading that is the governing spirit of this gift to book lovers everywhere.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
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