AddALL.com - On Becoming a Novelist 0393320030 9780393320039

Don't forget to bookmark this web site !!

Used & Out of Print Books | Contact us | Home

Browse and Compare Price at 40+ Sites and 20,000+ Stores!!

Find more info., search and price compare for
On Becoming a Novelist
by John Gardner
Binding: Paperback, 172 pages
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.
Weight: 0.35 pound
Dimension: H: 0.55 x L: 8.19 x W: 5.43 inches
ISBN 10: 0393320030
ISBN 13: 9780393320039
Click here to search for this book and compare price at 40+ bookstores with AddALL.com!

If you cannot find this book in our new and in print search, be sure to try our used and out of print search too!

Book Description:
On Becoming a Novelist contains the wisdom accumulated during John Gardner's distinguished twenty year career as a fiction writer and creative writing teacher. With elegance, humor, and sophistication, Gardner describes the life of a working novelist; warns what needs to be guarded against, both from within the writer and from without; and predicts what the writer can reasonably expect and what, in general, he or she cannot. 'For a certain kind of person,' Gardner writes, 'nothing is more joyful or satisfying than the life of a novelist.' But no other vocation, he is quick to add, is so fraught with professional and spiritual difficulties. Whether discussing the supposed value of writer's workshops, explaining the role of the novelist's agent and editor, or railing against the seductive fruits of literary elitism, On Becoming a Novelist is an indispensable, life affirming handbook for anyone authentically called to the profession.

Shipping Destination:
State: (US only)
Display in:
Search by:


Searching for Out of Print Books? [Click Here]

[ For web hosting, AddALL recommend Liquidweb]