Burning Down The House by Charles Baxter
These essays explore the influences of culture and politics on the art of storytelling. By inviting the reader to "explore the imagination's grip on daily life and how one lives in the pressure of that grip", Baxter offers his own perspective on reading and writing contemporary fiction.Charles Baxter is the author of the novels The Feast of Love (nominated for the National Book Award), The Soul Thief, Saul and Patsy, Shadow Play, and First Light, and the story collections Gryphon, Believers, A Relative Stranger, Through the Safety Net, and Harmony of the World. The stories Bravery and Charity, which appear in There's Something I Want You to Do, were included in Best American Short Stories. He has won the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story. Baxter lives in Minneapolis and teaches at the University of Minnesota and in the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781555972707 |
| ISBN 10 | 1555972705 |
| Title | Burning Down The House |
| Author | Charles Baxter |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Graywolf Press,U.S. |
| Year published | 2004-05-26 |
| Number of pages | 245 |
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