How Fiction Works by James Wood
Forster's Aspects of the Novel and Milan Kundera's The Art of the Novel, How Fiction Works is a study of the main elements of fiction, such as narrative, detail, characterization, dialogue, realism, and style.
This compelling essay shows just how deeply, sensitively, imaginatively and joyfully he reads * Scotland on Sunday *
There aren't many book reviewers whose leaving one magazine to go to work for another would make the headlinesBut then there aren't many book reviewers like James Wood * Sunday Telegraph *
Luminous... full of top-notch observations from the coal-face -- D.J. Taylor * Independent on Sunday *
Enchanting... Witty, concise, and composed with a lovely lightness of touch * Economist *
Exceptionally illuminating... brilliantly acute and enticingly widely read work. It should be compulsory reading for anyone in the reviewing trade and committed to memory before aspiring writers put pen to paper. For those who intend to pursue the underrated calling of reading fiction without wishing to add to its ranks, it will not only make reading more pleasurable, but articulate what you may have felt but never been able to express -- Rosemary Goring * Herald *
There aren't many book reviewers whose leaving one magazine to go to work for another would make the headlinesBut then there aren't many book reviewers like James Wood * Sunday Telegraph *
Luminous... full of top-notch observations from the coal-face -- D.J. Taylor * Independent on Sunday *
Enchanting... Witty, concise, and composed with a lovely lightness of touch * Economist *
Exceptionally illuminating... brilliantly acute and enticingly widely read work. It should be compulsory reading for anyone in the reviewing trade and committed to memory before aspiring writers put pen to paper. For those who intend to pursue the underrated calling of reading fiction without wishing to add to its ranks, it will not only make reading more pleasurable, but articulate what you may have felt but never been able to express -- Rosemary Goring * Herald *
James Wood has been a staff writer at the New Yorker since 2007. In 2009, he won the National Magazine Award for reviews and criticism. He was the chief literary critic at the Guardian from 1992 to 1995, and a book critic at the New Republic from 1995 to 2007. He has published a number of books with Cape, including How Fiction Works, which has been translated into thirteen languages.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781845950934 |
| ISBN 10 | 1845950933 |
| Title | How Fiction Works |
| Author | James Wood |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2009-02-05 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
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