How fiction works / James Wood

By:

Wood, James, 1965-

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Picador, 2018Edition: Tenth Anniversary Edition, Updated and Expanded. Second Picador editionDescription: xxxi, 269 pages ; 19 cmISBN:

9781250183927
1250183928

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

PN 3355 W876h 2018

Contents:

Narrating Flaubert and modern narrative Flaubert and the rise of the flaneur Detail Character A brief history of consciousness Form Sympathy and complexity Language Dialogue Truth, convention, realism

Summary: The 10th anniversary edition of the canonical How Fiction Works will include a new introduction and writers Mr. Woods has discussed between 2006 and 2017. These include Alejandro Zambra, Lydia Davis, Karl Ove Knausgaard, Elena Ferrante, and Teju Cole. In turn, the expanded edition will become more international and diverse, featuring more women and non-white writers. An additional chapter will be added on form/plot, which was a topic not discussed in the original publication. Finally, in response to the book being seen as a manifesto for literary realism, James Wood will be modifying his arguments to explore--rather than defend--the question of realism in the novel

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Humanidades	Humanidades (4to. Piso)	PN 3355 W876h 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	00000194907

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Narrating
Flaubert and modern narrative
Flaubert and the rise of the flaneur
Detail
Character
A brief history of consciousness
Form
Sympathy and complexity
Language
Dialogue
Truth, convention, realism

The 10th anniversary edition of the canonical How Fiction Works will include a new introduction and writers Mr. Woods has discussed between 2006 and 2017. These include Alejandro Zambra, Lydia Davis, Karl Ove Knausgaard, Elena Ferrante, and Teju Cole. In turn, the expanded edition will become more international and diverse, featuring more women and non-white writers. An additional chapter will be added on form/plot, which was a topic not discussed in the original publication. Finally, in response to the book being seen as a manifesto for literary realism, James Wood will be modifying his arguments to explore--rather than defend--the question of realism in the novel

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