How Fiction Works av James Wood

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<p><b>Rediscover this deep, practical anatomy of the novel from ''the strongest ... literary critic we have'' (<i>New York Review of Books</i>) in this new revised 10th anniversary edition.</b><br><br><b>What do we mean when we say we ''know'' a fictional character? </b><br><br><b>What constitutes a ''telling'' detail? </b><br><br><b>When is a metaphor successful? </b><br><br><b>Is realism realistic? </b><br><br><b>Why do most endings of novels disappoint?</b><br><br>In the tradition of E. M. Forster''s <i>Aspects of the Novel</i> and Milan Kundera''s <i>The Art of the Novel</i>, <i>How Fiction Works </i>is a study of the main elements of fiction, such as narrative, detail, characterization, dialogue, realism, and style. In his first full-length book of criticism, one of the most prominent critics of our time takes the machinery of story-telling apart to ask a series of fundamental questions. <br><br>Wood ranges widely, from Homer to Beatrix Potter, from the Bible to John Le Carr¿and h