ENGLISH

The fun stuff: and other essays

By Simon , Blackstone Audio , Inc.;Wood , James;Vance

Book information

Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux;Blackstone Audio
Year
2012
ISBN
9780374159566, 9780374709068, 9781470840624, 1470840626
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
793 kB (811620 bytes)
Edition
Unabridged
Pages
1 sound file, 12 hr., 20 min\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
English essays--21st century;Literature--History aetc.;Downloadable audio books;English essays -- 21interpretation

Description

In twenty-three passionate, sparkling dispatches--which range over such crucial writers as Thomas Hardy, Leo Tolstoy, Edmund Wilson, and Mikhail Lermontov--literary critic James Wood offers a panoramic look at the modern novel. He effortlessly connects his encyclopedic, passionate understanding of the literary canon with an equally in-depth analysis of the most important authors writing today, including Cormac McCarthy, Lydia Davis, and Aleksandar Hemon. The Fun Stuffis indispensable reading for anyone who cares about contemporary literature.

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