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13 Ways of Looking at the Novel

By Jane Smiley

By Jane Smiley

By Jane Smiley

By Jane Smiley

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Sep 12, 2006 | ISBN 9781400033188

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    About 13 Ways of Looking at the Novel

    An essential guide for writers and readers alike, here is Smiley’s great celebration of the novel. As she embarks on an exhilarating tour through one hundred titles—from classics such as the thousand-year-old Tale of Genji to recent fiction by Zadie Smith and Alice Munro—she explores the power of the form, looking at its history and variety, its cultural impact, and just how it works its magic. She invites us behind the scenes of novel-writing, sharing her own habits and spilling the secrets of her craft, and offering priceless advice to aspiring authors. Every page infects us anew with the passion for reading that is the governing spirit of this gift to book lovers everywhere. 

    About 13 Ways of Looking at the Novel

    An essential guide for writers and readers alike, here is Smiley’s great celebration of the novel. As she embarks on an exhilarating tour through one hundred titles—from classics such as the thousand-year-old Tale of Genji to recent fiction by Zadie Smith and Alice Munro—she explores the power of the form, looking at its history and variety, its cultural impact, and just how it works its magic. She invites us behind the scenes of novel-writing, sharing her own habits and spilling the secrets of her craft, and offering priceless advice to aspiring authors. Every page infects us anew with the passion for reading that is the governing spirit of this gift to book lovers everywhere. 

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    About Jane Smiley

    Jane Smiley is the author of numerous novels, including A Thousand Acres, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, and most recently, Golden Age, the concluding volume of The Last Hundred Years trilogy. She is also the author of five works of nonfiction and a series… More about Jane Smiley

    About Jane Smiley

    Jane Smiley is the author of numerous novels, including A Thousand Acres, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, and most recently, Golden Age, the concluding volume of The Last Hundred Years trilogy. She is also the author of five works of nonfiction and a series… More about Jane Smiley

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Collections | Literary Criticism

    Paperback | $17.95
    Published by Anchor
    Sep 12, 2006 | 608 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9781400033188

    Category: Literary Collections | Literary Criticism

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Anchor
    Dec 10, 2008 | 608 Pages | ISBN 9780307480989

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    Praise

    “Engaging. . . . Down-to-earth. . . . Smiley’s unmediated voice–blunt, uncompromising and witty–rings from every page. . . . She inspires wicked delight.” –Los Angeles Times Book Review

     

    “A massive victory. . . . Awfully smart. . . . Always a pleasure.” –The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

     

    “Provocative. . . . Wise and humane. . . . It reminds readers of the novel why they love their avocation. . . . I most heartily recommend it.” –Marjorie Kehe, The Christian Science Monitor

     

    “Thorough, insightful. . . . Sure to inspire delicious debate and excite interest in undiscovered works. . . . Her critiques are shrewd, artful and unflinching. . . . Thirteen Ways continues to whisper its profundities long after the last page is turned.” –Rocky Mountain News

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