Opening Shots - Couverture rigide

Block, Lawrence

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1581821255 ISBN 13 : 9781581821253

Editeur : Cumberland House Publishing,US, 2000

Synopsis

Readers enthralled by the works of great mystery and crime writers will find something new in Opening Shots. This collection offers not only the first published short stories of twenty prominent writers, but also features each author's recollections of the trials and thrills of making that unforgettable first sale.

Opening Shots humanizes legendary writers and revisits the cutting-edge work from which raw talents broke through in bold and sometimes experimental fashion. Joan Hess's "Death of a Romance Writer" offers a nifty and humorous literary twist--an inside joke--that Hess describes as "a dollop of revenge for all the abused heroines of romantic fiction." But there's nothing funny about James Sallis's "Jim and Mary G," a disturbing story with a sad conclusion that can be interpreted in more than one way. Says Sallis, "I was just starting to try and write stories that might be read in several ways, or on several levels, simultaneously."

Between its wide variety of stories and styles and its candid personal reflections from the authors themselves, Opening Shots is a compelling anthology that entertains and offers a glimpse beyond the page and into the mind of the writer.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cumberland House Publishing,US
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1581821255
• ISBN 13: 9781581821253
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 398
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible