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Dust and light : on the art of fact in fiction / Andrea Barrett.
Van Pelt Library PN3377.5.H57 B37 2025
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barrett, Andrea, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Historical fiction--Authorship.
- Historical fiction.
- Historiography.
- Authorship.
- historiography.
- authorship.
- Genre:
- Essays.
- Physical Description:
- 194 pages ; 20 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2025]
- Summary:
- This essay collection from the National Book Award--winning writer examines how historical facts inspire fiction, exploring the craft of transforming history into narrative through reflections on renowned authors and the writer's own process.
- Contents:
- The floating pants
- The sea of information
- The years and The years
- Dust and light
- Traveling corpse
- Life writing
- Life, writing.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [179]-185) and index.
- "Book design by Anna Knighton"--Title page verso.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Jones Fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9781324036500
- 1324036508
- OCLC:
- 1499006675
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