On Writers and Writing

On Writers and Writing
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Publisher : Catapult
Total Pages : 329
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ISBN-10 : 9781582434940
ISBN-13 : 1582434948
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Book Synopsis On Writers and Writing by : John Gardner

Download or read book On Writers and Writing written by John Gardner and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2009-04-07 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compilation of essays and reviews, gathered posthumously from the New York Times Book Review and other publications, solidifies John Gardner's legacy as a consummate teacher and controversial critic with a provocative sense of humor. Writing about his fellow craftsmen, John Gardner offers piercing insights into those whose works he admired and those whose works he didn't. In exacting unapologetic evaluations upon such writers as Saul Bellow, Vladimir Nabokov, Philip Roth, John Cheever, Larry Woiwode, Joyce Carol Oates, and John Updike, Gardner separates genuine fiction from fakery, careful not to spare his own writings in the process, and in doing so, he displays his influences and wide–reaching observations of the literary life. Refreshingly unpredictable and self–aware, this collection lays bare the core qualities of lasting fiction and is essential reading for anyone interested in American literature.


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