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The lost suitcase : reflections on the literary life / Nicholas Delbanco.
Van Pelt Library PS3554.E442 L67 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Delbanco, Nicholas.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- viii, 227 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2000]
- Summary:
- In an insightful and original meditation on the writer's craft that is by turns descriptive and prescriptive, Delbanco explores how literary virtuosity is achieved, how the writing of fiction can be taught, and the way literature functions for writer and reader equally. The book includes a novella called "The Lost Suitcase, " revolving around a famous anecdote about Hemingways early work and how it came to be lost.
- ISBN:
- 0231115423
- OCLC:
- 41231466
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