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The Writer's Life: Intimate Thoughts on Work, Love, Inspiration, and Fame from the Diaries of the W Orld's Great Writers - Softcover
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In an anthology of essays, journal excerpts, and other writings, more than two hundred of the world's great writers--including John Updike, Sylvia Plath, Noel Coward, Alice Walker, Franz Kafka, and others--reflect on fame, inspiration, love, success, and the art of writing. Original. 17,500 first printing.
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#160; ¸ CHARLOTTE BRONTE ¸ WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS ¸ NOEL COWARD ¸ GUSTAVE FLAUBERT ¸ ANNE FRANK ¸ FRANZ KAFKA
Ambition. Fame. Sex. Envy. Gossip. Money. Death. They re all here, in this dazzling book of quotations--many of them previously unpublished--from the diaries, journals, and notebooks of the world s greatest writers. Arranged chronologically, from the fervent declarations of youth to the serene reflections of old age, The Writer's Life spans twenty-three countries and four centuries to observe the entire spectrum of the human condition, with particular attention to the joys and agonies of literary endeavor. Eloquent, candid, brimming with passion, insight and wit, the result is an invaluable resource for any writer--or for anyone seeking expert instruction in the art of being human.
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