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008			093103s2008 nyu b 001 0 eng
010			_a2008010290
020			_a9780374173401
050	0	0	_aPN3331 _b.W67 2008
082	0	0	_a808.3 WOO
100	1		_aWood, James, 1965-
245	1	0	_aHow fiction works _c/ James Wood
250			_a1st ed
260			_aNew York _b: Farrar, Straus and Giroux _c, 2008.
300			_axvi, 265 p. _c; 20 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [249]-252) and index.
505	0	0	_aNarrating -- Flaubert and modern narrative -- Flaubert and the rise of the flaneur -- Detail -- Character -- A brief history of consciousness -- sympathy and complexity -- Language -- Dialogue -- Truth, convention, realism.
520			_aWhat makes a story a story? What is style? What's the connection between realism and real life? These are some of the questions James Wood answers in How Fiction Works, the first book-length essay by the preeminent critic of his generation. Ranging widely--from Homer to David Foster Wallace, from What Maisie Knew to Make Way for Ducklings--Wood takes the reader through the basic elements of the art, step by step.--From publisher description.
650		0	_aFiction
942			_cMO
999			_c247183 _d247183