Half-Known World, The : On Writing Fiction - Softcover

Robert Boswell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1555975046 ISBN 13: 9781555975043

Publisher: GRAYWOLF PRESS, 2008

Synopsis

Robert Boswell brings his vast experience as a teacher, writer and reader, as well as his keen critical eye, to bear on craft issues facing literary writers, using examples from masters such as Leo Tolstoy, Flannery O'Connor and Alice Munro to punctuate this sparkling collection of essays. Boswell also candidly shares the experiences that have shaped his writing life and imaginative process, including the story of a boyhood adventure which taught him how important it is for writers to embrace """"the half-known world"""" of fiction, where surprise and meaning converge.

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Review:

"The Half-Known World is both brilliant and helpful to readers and fellow writers alike. This book on fiction writing avoids every form of technojargon and brings its subject matter back to where we live, to how we live, and to what we know (and can never know). It's rare for contemporary criticism to have moments of grace and beauty, but this book has many, which is what anyone might expect from a writer as accomplished and humane as Robert Boswell." --Charles Baxter

Synopsis:

A rigorous volume of essays considers the craft issues facing literary writers today, evaluating the works of such masters as Leo Tolstoy, Flannery O'Connor, and Alice Munro while exploring the personal experiences that have shaped the author's own writing life. Original.

About this edition

• Publisher: GRAYWOLF PRESS
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1555975046
• ISBN 13: 9781555975043
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176