How Fiction Works Book Reviews

AUTHOR
James Wood
SCORE
4.5
TOTAL RATINGS
167

How Fiction Works by James Wood Book Summary

In the tradition of E. M. Forster's Aspects of the Novel and Milan Kundera's The Art of the Novel, James Wood's How Fiction Works is a scintillating study of the magic of fiction--an analysis of its main elements and a celebration of its lasting power.

Here one of the most prominent and stylish critics of our time looks into the machinery of storytelling to ask some fundamental questions: What do we mean when we say we "know" a fictional character? What constitutes a telling detail? When is a metaphor successful? Is Realism realistic? Why do some literary conventions become dated while others stay fresh?

James Wood ranges widely, from Homer to Make Way for Ducklings, from the Bible to John le Carré, and his book is both a study of the techniques of fiction-making and an alternative history of the novel. Playful and profound, How Fiction Works will be enlightening to writers, readers, and anyone else interested in what happens on the page.

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Book Name How Fiction Works
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
Published
Language English
E-Book Size 1.61 MB

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Summary of How Fiction Works by James Wood

The How Fiction Works book written by James Wood was published on 22 July 2008, Tuesday in the Language Arts & Disciplines category. A total of 167 readers of the book gave the book 4.5 points out of 5.

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