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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... happy because its agenda is hope rather than truth . I'm not arguing for the fictional equivalent of " solutions ... Happy families are all alike , " Tolstoy famously says in Anna Karenina , but “ every unhappy family is unhappy in its ...
... happy because its agenda is hope rather than truth . I'm not arguing for the fictional equivalent of " solutions ... Happy families are all alike , " Tolstoy famously says in Anna Karenina , but “ every unhappy family is unhappy in its ...
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... happy life consists of , or what a happy life means to your average resident of Cheever's Shady Hill . And also some general disappointment about the notion of happiness , for why else would one feel so dispirited by the story's final ...
... happy life consists of , or what a happy life means to your average resident of Cheever's Shady Hill . And also some general disappointment about the notion of happiness , for why else would one feel so dispirited by the story's final ...
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... happy ending . It might be true — an accurate depiction of the kind of thing that happened during the Holo- caust - but it is also mighty depressing . With Ozick's story , we're not , it's clear , in the realm of J. D. Salinger's " For ...
... happy ending . It might be true — an accurate depiction of the kind of thing that happened during the Holo- caust - but it is also mighty depressing . With Ozick's story , we're not , it's clear , in the realm of J. D. Salinger's " For ...
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GETTING IN AND GETTING OUT | 16 |
SPEAKING OF STYLE | 33 |
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