Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them

Prose, Francine

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9780061256561: Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them

ISBN 10: 0061256560 ISBN 13: 9780061256561

Publisher: Harperaudio, 2007

Paperback. Pub Date: 2007 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers In her entertaining and edifying New York Times bestseller. acclaimed author Francine Prose invites you to sit by her side and take a guided tour of the tools and the tricks of the masters and the discover why their work has endured. Written with passion. humor. and wisdom. Reading Like a Writer will inspire readers to return to literature with a fresh eye and an eager heart-to take pleasure in the long and magnificent sentences of Philip Roth and the eathtaking paragraphs of Isaac Babel; to look to John Le Carr for a lesson in how to advance plot through dialogue. and to Flannery O'Connor for the cunning use of the telling detail. And. most importantly. she cautions readers to slow down and pay attention to words. the raw material out of which all literature is crafted.

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In her entertaining and edifying New York Times bestseller, acclaimed author Francine Prose invites you to sit by her side and take a guided tour of the tools and the tricks of the masters and discover why their work has endured. Written with passion, humor, and wisdom, Reading Like a Writer will inspire readers to return to literature with a fresh eye and an eager heart—to take pleasure in the long and magnificent sentences of Philip Roth and the breathtaking paragraphs of Isaac Babel; to look to John Le Carr� for a lesson in how to advance plot through dialogue, and to Flannery O'Connor for the cunning use of the telling detail. And, most importantly, she cautions readers to slow down and pay attention to words, the raw material out of which all literature is crafted.

Review:

"Makes a case for the rewards of reading." -- Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel

"Witty...Insightful." -- Washington Post Book World

"Readable and illuminating.few.advice volumes offer as much insight into writing as you will find in Francine Prose's latest book" -- Capital Times

"a jewel of a companion.engrossing...and...daringly insightful." -- Los Angeles Times

"The passages are.subtle and brilliant in their capture of human complexity.Prose is.a skilled.analyst of what makes them so." -- San Francisco Chronicle

Witty...Insightful. --Washington Post Book World

"Sensible, valuable and highly readable, Reading Like a Writer deserves perusal -- both in and out of the classroom."--Kansas City Star

"Makes a case for the rewards of reading."--Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel

"Prose's little guide will motivate 'people who love books'...Like the great works of fiction, it's a wise and voluble companion."--New York Times Book Review

"Celebrates the pleasures of close reading and explores the power of well-wrought language...refreshing"--Time Out New York

"An absolutely necessary addition to the personal library of anyone who is a writer or dreams of writing."--National Public Radio

"Reading Like A Writer is different from the rest of the pack...[Prose's] wise book serves as an ispirational reminder."--Washington Times

"The passages are...subtle and brilliant in their capture of human complexity...Prose is...a skilled...analyst of what makes them so."--San Francisco Chronicle

"Witty...Insightful."--Washington Post Book World

"a jewel of a companion...engrossing...and...daringly insightful."--Los Angeles Times

"Readable and illuminating...few...advice volumes offer as much insight into writing as you will find in Francine Prose's latest book"--Capital Times

"Prose knows when to be funny, how to wield examples, and when to stop."--More magazine

Prose s little guide will motivate people who love books Like the great works of fiction, it s a wise and voluble companion. --New York Times Book Review"

Witty...Insightful. --Washington Post Book World"

a jewel of a companion engrossing...and...daringly insightful. --Los Angeles Times"

The passages are subtle and brilliant in their capture of human complexity Prose is a skilled analyst of what makes them so. --San Francisco Chronicle"

Reading Like A Writer is different from the rest of the pack [Prose s] wise book serves as an ispirational reminder. --Washington Times"

Sensible, valuable and highly readable, Reading Like a Writer deserves perusal both in and out of the classroom. --Kansas City Star"

Celebrates the pleasures of close reading and explores the power of well-wrought language refreshing --Time Out New York"

An absolutely necessary addition to the personal library of anyone who is a writer or dreams of writing. --National Public Radio"

Makes a case for the rewards of reading. --Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel"

Prose knows when to be funny, how to wield examples, and when to stop. --More magazine"

Readable and illuminating few advice volumes offer as much insight into writing as you will find in Francine Prose s latest book --Capital Times"

Prose s guide to reading and writing belongs on every writer s bookshelf alongside E.M. Forster s Aspects of the Novel. --Publishers Weekly (starred review)"

"Prose's guide to reading and writing belongs on every writer's bookshelf alongside E.M. Forster's Aspects of the Novel."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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