13 Ways of Looking at the Novel by Jane Smiley

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13 Ways of Looking at the Novel

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Author: Jane Smiley
ISBN: 9781400033188

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Published on Sep 12, 2006 | 608 Pages

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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres comes an essential guide for writers and readers alike: an exhilarating tour through one hundred novels that ”inspires wicked delight.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review

From classics such as the thousand-year-old Tale of Genji to fiction by Zadie Smith, Jane Smiley explores the power of the form, looking at its history and variety, its cultural impact, and just how it works its magic. She invites us behind the scenes of novel-writing, sharing her own habits and spilling the secrets of her craft, and offering priceless advice to aspiring authors. Every page infects us anew with the passion for reading that is the governing spirit of this gift to book lovers everywhere.

“Engaging…. Down-to-earth…. Smiley’s unmediated voice—blunt, uncompromising and witty—rings from every page…. She inspires wicked delight.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review

“A massive victory…. Awfully smart…. Always a pleasure.” —The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“Provocative…. Wise and humane…. It reminds readers of the novel why they love their avocation…. I most heartily recommend it.” —The Christian Science Monitor

“Thorough, insightful…. Sure to inspire delicious debate and excite interest in undiscovered works…. Her critiques are shrewd, artful and unflinching…. Thirteen Ways continues to whisper its profundities long after the last page is turned.” —Rocky Mountain News

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Jane Smiley

JANE SMILEY is the author of numerous novels, including A Thousand Acres, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, and the Last Hundred Years Trilogy: Some Luck, Early Warning, and Golden Age. She is the author as well of several works of nonfiction and books for young adults. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, she has also received the PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature. She lives in Northern California.

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