The Questions That Matter Most: Reading, Writing, and the Exercise of Freedom SIGNED FIRST EDITION

Smiley, Jane

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Langue : anglais

Edité par Heyday, Berkeley, 2023

1597146056 / 9781597146050

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First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Jane Smiley in ink at to page specially bound in by the publisher. First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 8 3/4" X 5 3/4". 243pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in black paper over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm, tight, and sound. A highly presentable signed first edition of this collection of essays from Pulitzer Prize Winner Jane Smiley. ABOUT THIS BOOK: One of California's leading writers, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in fiction, presents her first nonfiction volume on writing since 2005's best-selling Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel. Long acclaimed as one of America's preeminent novelists, Jane Smiley is also an unparalleled observer of the craft of writing. In The Questions That Matter Most this Pulitzer Prize-winning writer offers steady and penetrating essays on some of the aesthetic and cultural issues that mark any serious engagement with reading and writing. Beginning with a personal introduction tracing Smiley's migration from Iowa to California, the author reflects on her findings in the varied literature of the Golden State, whose writers have for decades litigated the West's contested legacies of racism, class conflict, and sexual politics through their pens. As she considers the ambiguity of character and the weight of history, her essays provide new entry points into literature, and we lucky readers can see how Smiley draws inspiration from across the literary spectrum to invigorate her own writing. With enthusiasm and meticulous attention, Smiley dives beneath surface-level interpretations to examine the works of Marguerite de Navarre, Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Louisa May Alcott, Mark Twain, Willa Cather, Franz Kafka, Halldór Laxness, and Jessica Mitford. Throughout, Smiley seeks to think harder and, in her words, with "more clarity and nuance" about the questions that matter most.(Publisher).…

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Titre
The Questions That Matter Most: Reading, Writing, and the Exercise of Freedom SIGNED FIRST EDITION
Auteur
Smiley, Jane
Éditeur
Heyday, Berkeley
Année de publication
2023
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Hardcover
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anglais
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1597146056
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9781597146050
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