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Charles Baxter Burning Down the House (Paperback)
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- Book Title
- Burning Down the House : Essays on Fiction
- Publication Name
- Burning Down the House
- Title
- Burning Down the House
- Subtitle
- Essays on Fiction
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 1555975089
- EAN
- 9781555975081
- ISBN
- 9781555975081
- Edition
- 2nd Expanded ed.
- Publisher
- Graywolf Press
- Genre
- Literary Criticism, Literary Collections
- Release Date
- 02/09/2008
- Release Year
- 2008
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Item Length
- 8.3in
- Item Width
- 5.7in
- Item Weight
- 11.3 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Features
- New Edition
- Topic
- American / General, Essays
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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Graywolf reissues one of its most successful essay collections with two new essays and a new foreword by Charles Baxter As much a rumination on the state of literature as a technical manual for aspiring writers, Burning Down the House has been enjoyed by readers and taught in classrooms for more than a decade. Readers are rewarded with thoughtful analysis, humorous one-liners, and plenty of brushfires that continue burning long after the book is closed.
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Publisher
Graywolf Press
ISBN-10
1555975089
ISBN-13
9781555975081
eBay Product ID (ePID)
65567248
Product Key Features
Book Title
Burning Down the House : Essays on Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
New Edition
Topic
American / General, Essays
Publication Year
2008
Genre
Literary Criticism, Literary Collections
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.3in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
5.7in
Item Weight
11.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ps3552.A854
Edition Description
New Edition
Edition Number
2
Reviews
"[The book] is a pleasure to read, and it performs an important function-by mucking around in the problems that plague contemporary fiction,Burning Down the Housemay spur both readers and writers first to a recognition of guilty complicity and then to constructive thought." -The New York Times Book Review"The most pleasurable and instructive book on the craft since John Gardner'sThe Art of Fiction." -City Pages"Baxter displays his characteristic wit and intelligence as he muses about the influence of culture and politics on the art of storytelling." -Ploughshares, "[The book] is a pleasure to read, and it performs an important function-by mucking around in the problems that plague contemporary fiction, Burning Down the House may spur both readers and writers first to a recognition of guilty complicity and then to constructive thought." - The New York Times Book Review "The most pleasurable and instructive book on the craft since John Gardner's The Art of Fiction ." - City Pages "Baxter displays his characteristic wit and intelligence as he muses about the influence of culture and politics on the art of storytelling." - Ploughshares, "[The book] is a pleasure to read, and it performs an important function-by mucking around in the problems that plague contemporary fiction,Burning Down the Housemay spur both readers and writers first to a recognition of guilty complicity and then to constructive thought." -The New York Times Book Review "The most pleasurable and instructive book on the craft since John Gardner'sThe Art of Fiction." -City Pages "Baxter displays his characteristic wit and intelligence as he muses about the influence of culture and politics on the art of storytelling." -Ploughshares, Baxter displays his characteristic wit and intelligence as he muses about the influence of culture and politics on the art of storytelling., [The book] is a pleasure to read, and it performs an important function--by mucking around in the problems that plague contemporary fiction, Burning Down the House may spur both readers and writers first to a recognition of guilty complicity and then to constructive thought., "[The book] is a pleasure to read, and it performs an important function--by mucking around in the problems that plague contemporary fiction, Burning Down the House may spur both readers and writers first to a recognition of guilty complicity and then to constructive thought." -- The New York Times Book Review "The most pleasurable and instructive book on the craft since John Gardner's The Art of Fiction ." -- City Pages "Baxter displays his characteristic wit and intelligence as he muses about the influence of culture and politics on the art of storytelling." -- Ploughshares
Copyright Date
2008
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
813/.509
Dewey Edition
21
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