Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them - Couverture souple

Prose, Francine

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ISBN 10 : 1908526076 ISBN 13 : 9781908526076

Editeur : Union Books, 2012

Synopsis

Reading Like a Writer Acclaimed author Francine Prose invites you to sit by her side and take a guided tour of the tools and tricks of the masters to discover why their work has endured. Full description

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

“Prose’s little guide will motivate ‘people who love books’...Like the great works of fiction, it’s a wise and voluble companion.” (New York Times Book Review)

“Witty...Insightful.” (Washington Post Book World)

“a jewel of a companion...engrossing...and...daringly insightful.” (Los Angeles Times)

“The passages are...subtle and brilliant in their capture of human complexity...Prose is...a skilled...analyst of what makes them so.” (San Francisco Chronicle)

“Reading Like A Writer is different from the rest of the pack...[Prose’s] wise book serves as an ispirational reminder.” (Washington Times)

“Sensible, valuable and highly readable, Reading Like a Writer deserves perusal — both in and out of the classroom.” (Kansas City Star)

“Celebrates the pleasures of close reading and explores the power of well-wrought language...refreshing” (Time Out New York)

“An absolutely necessary addition to the personal library of anyone who is a writer or dreams of writing.” (National Public Radio)

“Makes a case for the rewards of reading.” (Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel)

“Prose knows when to be funny, how to wield examples, and when to stop.” (More magazine)

Présentation de l'éditeur :

In her entertaining and edifying New York Times bestseller, acclaimed author Francine Prose invites you to sit by her side and take a guided tour of the tools and tricks of the masters to discover why their work has endured. Written with passion, humour and wisdom, Reading Like a Writer will inspire readers to return to literature with a fresh eye and an eager heart - to take pleasure in the long and magnificent sentences of Philip Roth and the breathtaking paragraphs of Isaac Babel; to look to John le Carre for a lesson in how to advance plot through dialogue and to Flannery O'Connor for the cunning use of the telling detail; to be inspired by Emily Bronte's structural nuance and Charles Dickens's deceptively simple narrative techniques. Most importantly, Prose cautions readers to slow down and pay attention to words, the raw material out of which all literature is crafted, and reminds us that good writing comes out of good reading.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Union Books
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1908526076
• ISBN 13: 9781908526076
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304