| Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing Contributor(s): Atwood, Margaret (Author) |
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ISBN: 1400032601 ISBN-13: 9781400032600 Publisher: Anchor Books OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2003 Annotation: What do we mean when we say that someone is a writer? Is he or she an entertainer? A high priest of the god Art? An improver of readers' minds and morals? And who, for that matter, are these mysterious readers? In this wise and irresistibly quotable book, one of the most intelligent writers now working in English addresses the riddle of her art: why people pursue it, how they view their calling, and what bargains they make with their audience, both real and imagined. To these fascinating issues Margaret Atwood brings a candid appraisal of her own experience as well as a breadth of reading that encompasses everything from Dante to Elmore Leonard. An ambitious artistic inquiry conducted with unpretentiousness and charm, Negotiating with the Dead is an unprecedented insider's view of the writer's universe. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing - Authorship - Literary Criticism | Women Authors - Literary Criticism | Books & Reading |
| Dewey: 808.3 |
| LCCN: 2003043733 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.1" W x 7.9" (0.55 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale In this wise and irresistibly quotable book, one of the most intelligent writers now working in English addresses the riddle of her art: why people pursue it, how they view their calling, and what bargains they make with their audiences, both real and imagined. To these fascinating issues Margaret Atwood brings a candid appraisal of her own experience as well as a breadth of reading that encompasses everything from Dante to Elmore Leonard. An ambitious artistic inquiry conducted with unpretentious charm, Negotiating with the Dead is an invaluable insider's view of the writer's universe. |