A literary apprenticeship in eleven letters by the author of In Praise of the Stepmother draws on the works of international writers while revealing the author's own deep beliefs about writing, reading, and thought, identifying writers as creators and writing an act requiring disciplined development. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.
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WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATUREMario Vargas Llosa condenses a lifetime of writing, reading, and thought into an essential manual for aspiring writers. Drawing on the stories and novels of writers from around the globe-Borges, Bierce, Céline, Cortázar, Faulkner, Kafka, Robbe-Grillet-he lays bare the inner workings of fiction, all the while urging young novelists not to lose touch with the elemental urge to create. Conversational, eloquent, and effortlessly erudite, this little book is destined to be read and re-read by young writers, old writers, would-be writers, and all those with a stake in the world of letters.
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