The Story Behind the Story: 26 Stories by Contemporary Writers and How They Work - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393325326 ISBN 13: 9780393325324

Verlag: WW Norton & Co, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

This big, beautiful anthology of short fiction is for readers, writers, and anyone curious about the mysterious processes of literary minds. All contributors have been recent faculty members of the prestigious Warren Wilson Low Residency Program, including such literary favorites as Margot Livesey, Charles Baxter, Robert Boswell, Jim Shepard, Antonya Nelson, David Shields, and the editors themselves.

Each writer was asked to submit an original story, accompanied by an essay describing the challenges of the story and how they were met. Since writers resist herding, the editors were happily surprised by the wide range of essays―"fiction writers, when given the space, think about their work very differently." We learn about the genesis of a story, how story evolves, what was eventually relinquished and why, and how a story―surprisingly―might "insist" on changing.

Arranged alphabetically by author, and beginning with Richard Russo's cogent introduction, this volume is a treasure throughout.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Andrea Barrett is the author of the National Book Award–winning Ship Fever, Voyage of the Narwhal, Servants of the Map, Natural History, and other works of fiction. She has received a MacArthur Fellowship, a Guggenheim Award, an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, an NEA Fellowship, and the Rea Award for the Short Story, and been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. She lives in the Adirondacks.

Peter Turchi, director of the Warren Wilson M.F.A. Program, lives in Asheville, North Carolina.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: WW Norton & Co
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0393325326
• ISBN 13: 9780393325324
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 480
• Herausgeber: Barrett Andrea, Turchi Peter
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar