Curious Attractions: Essays on Fiction WritingUniversity of Michigan Press, 25. maj 2005 - 175 strani Curious Attractions: Essays on Fiction Writing is a book about what makes fiction work. In nine entertaining and instructive essays, novelist and master teacher Debra Spark pursues key questions that face both aspiring and accomplished writers, including: How does a writer find inspiration? What makes a story's closing line resonate? How can a writer "get" style? Where should an author "stand" in relation to his or her characters? While the book will have immediate appeal for students of writing, it will also be of interest to general readers for its in-depth reading of contemporary fiction and for its take on important issues of the day: Should writers try to be more uplifting? How is emotion best conveyed in fiction? Why are serious writers in North America wedded to the realist tradition? When she was only twenty-three, Debra Spark's best-selling anthology 20 Under 30 introduced readers to some of today's best writers, including David Leavitt, Susan Minot, Lorrie Moore, Ann Patchett, and Mona Simpson. Almost twenty years later, Spark brings this same keen critical eye to Curious Attractions, discussing a broad range of authors from multiple genres and generations. A collection of essays in the belles-lettres tradition, Curious Attractions offers lively and instructive discussions of craft flavored with autobiographical reflections and commentary on world events. Throughout, Spark's voice is warm, articulate, and engaging as it provides valuable insights to readers and writers alike. |
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... everything . His kitchen was full of such smells that you knew you had to understand everything or you would be incomplete forever.28 Perhaps the reason I so love this line is it says the opposite of what the T. C. Boyle " Killing ...
... everything . His kitchen was full of such smells that you knew you had to understand everything or you would be incomplete forever.28 Perhaps the reason I so love this line is it says the opposite of what the T. C. Boyle " Killing ...
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... everything counts , everything mat- ters , everything is worth observing , and that's why his prose is so dif- ferent from Carver's . Indeed , we can easily imagine a Carver parody of Cheever : I hit my brother . There was blood on his ...
... everything counts , everything mat- ters , everything is worth observing , and that's why his prose is so dif- ferent from Carver's . Indeed , we can easily imagine a Carver parody of Cheever : I hit my brother . There was blood on his ...
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... everything took longer than you wanted ? Like life . " 16 There are other clues as well . The sentence : " The Mellaril seemed to be working or that's what her mother thought . " But on a first read of " Please Help Find , " the suicide ...
... everything took longer than you wanted ? Like life . " 16 There are other clues as well . The sentence : " The Mellaril seemed to be working or that's what her mother thought . " But on a first read of " Please Help Find , " the suicide ...
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GETTING IN AND GETTING OUT | 16 |
SPEAKING OF STYLE | 33 |
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