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A collection of David Lodge's articles from the Independent on Sunday and the Washington Post

In this entertaining and enlightening collection David Lodge considers the art of fiction under a wide range of headings, drawing on writers as diverse as Henry James, Martin Amis, Jane Austen and James Joyce. Looking at ideas such as the Intrusive Author, Suspense, the Epistolary Novel, Magic Realism and Symbolism, and illustrating each topic with a passage taken from a classic or modern novel, David Lodge makes the richness and variety of British and American fiction accessible to the general reader. He provides essential reading for students, aspiring writers and anyone who wants to understand how fiction works.
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Exciting...a book for starting up trains of thought or discussion... It did make me think, as a writer, as a reader, as a teacher -- AS Byatt ― Sunday Times

Here is scholarship made human... There has been no better populist study of fiction since Forster's Aspects of the Novel ― Financial Times

It is wonderful to be clued in to some of the magic tricks of the trade; the point of view, the stream of consciousness, the use of names, the sense of place, time-shift and intertextuality ― Los Angeles Times

Lodge has the knack of wearing his scholarship lightly... One finds here precisely that expansive, humane wisdom which is so sorely lacking in much narrow-minded modern criticism.... He gets to the bottom of things, telling us why we read fiction....admirers will find in The Art of Fiction concentrated essence of Lodge ― Guardian

These essays are as fresh and as readable as ever -- David Evans ― Independent

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A collection of David Lodge's articles from the Independent on Sunday and the Washington Post

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ VINTAGE ARROW - MASS MARKET; 1st edition (1 August 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0099554240
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0099554240
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19.7 x 12.9 x 1.56 cm
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Anne Connolly
4.0 out of 5 stars Lodge is one of those rare writers who can explain ...
Reviewed in Australia on 28 April 2015
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Lodge is one of those rare writers who can explain his craft very well. The excerpts from literature he has chosen are clear and display the concepts precisely. I use this book all the time.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in Australia on 26 August 2015
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Some parts are excellent. Worth reading for any would-be novelist.
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Gladys Olivares
5.0 out of 5 stars Gran libro y llegó muy a tiempo
Reviewed in Mexico on 8 July 2022
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Hace mucho quería este libro. Llego muy bien y a tiempo
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concessionist
5.0 out of 5 stars A must read
Reviewed in Germany on 6 April 2024
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This book is for anyone who wants to either improve their writing or enjoy reading even more.
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5.0 out of 5 stars PLEASE NOTE: Issues with the - May 23 Kindle.Version…
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 May 2023
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***UPDATE: Sun 25 Jun 23 - STILL NO UPDATE! TO INCORRECTLY DIGITISED KINDLE BOOK _ VERY POOR***

OVER A MONTH ago, I contacted the Kindle Team and let them know about the issues with this latest version of the Kindle Book (Black Cover, with Penguin). Click on the sample and you’ll see what I mean.

This is seriously NOT GOOD ENOUGH - Amazon! A whole month on to update a brand new edition ebook that is UNREADABLE!

Good gosh - please get a move on - I want to read the book I bought, and for all the hype you scatter around about ‘listening to feedback’, please, do and update the book!

Good day!

.. the pages in the latest Kindle version have been scanned incorrectly.

I’ve made the Kindle Team aware and they have the little digital AI entities working on it as we speak (apparently; these little AI Bots run up and down some cables, and then, transmit their thoughts telepathically Over The Air to fix it!). I’m sure Team Kindle will have it fixed in no time.

The book, well, if you are buying this, you already know what your getting and it’s great value and well put advice. There are a couple of occasions where you need to use your imagination, but that’s on you, not the author.

Otherwise, go for it! Great examples to make you think about your own writing craft.

Other books you can consider of this ilk:

Anne Dillard - The Writing Life
Anne Lamott - Bird by Bird
Chuck Palahniuk - Consider This

John McPhee - Draft No. 4
Roy Peter Clark - Tell It Like It Is
Donald Maass - 21c Fiction, The Breakout Novelist, The Emotional Craft of Fiction

Ursula K. Le Guin - Steering the Craft
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SAMSONRAJ
5.0 out of 5 stars Worth reading it.
Reviewed in India on 31 July 2021
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Nice book
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Florinda Gilsanz Rodriguez
5.0 out of 5 stars La opinión de un filólogo inglés moderno
Reviewed in Spain on 30 June 2020
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Una visión del arte de hacer una novela. Se basa en ejemplos para apreciarlo hay que conocer la literatura inglesa
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