How Fiction Works

"James Wood’s How Fiction Works is a little book that covers much ground: Flaubert’s Paris, the Kansas of Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead, the mind of Chekhov getting inside the minds of his characters. Wood picks apart fiction with intelligence and dash, helping us better understand why prose can surprise and move us. His enthusiasm for literature— and for what it has to offer—is contagious. Wherever he goes, Wood takes his readers with him, as only the best writers do."

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