The Art of Time in Fiction: As Long as It Takes
Fiction imagines for us a stopping point from which life can be seen as intelligible," asserts Joan Silber in The Art of Time in Fiction. The end point of a story determines its meaning, and one of the main tasks a writer faces is to define the duration of a plot. Silber uses wide-ranging examples from F. Scott Fitzgerald, Chinua Achebe, and Arundhati Roy, among others, to illustrate five key ways in which time unfolds in fiction. In clear-eyed prose, Silber elucidates a tricky but vital aspect of the art of fiction.
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The Art of Time in Fiction: As Long as It Takes
Fiction imagines for us a stopping point from which life can be seen as intelligible," asserts Joan Silber in The Art of Time in Fiction. The end point of a story determines its meaning, and one of the main tasks a writer faces is to define the duration of a plot. Silber uses wide-ranging examples from F. Scott Fitzgerald, Chinua Achebe, and Arundhati Roy, among others, to illustrate five key ways in which time unfolds in fiction. In clear-eyed prose, Silber elucidates a tricky but vital aspect of the art of fiction.
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ISBN-13: | 9781555975302 |
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Publisher: | Graywolf Press |
Publication date: | 06/23/2009 |
Series: | Art of... |
Edition description: | Original |
Pages: | 120 |
Sales rank: | 396,552 |
Product dimensions: | 5.00(w) x 6.90(h) x 0.50(d) |
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