The Art of Time in Fiction
Download or Read eBook The Art of Time in Fiction PDF written by Joan Silber and published by Graywolf Press. This book was released on 2009-06-23 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Joan Silber |
| Publisher | : Graywolf Press |
| Total Pages | : 120 |
| Release | : 2009-06-23 |
| ISBN-10 | : 1555975305 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9781555975302 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Art of Time in Fiction by : Joan Silber
Book excerpt: Fiction imagines for us a stopping point from which life can be seen as intelligible," asserts Joan Silber in The Art of Time in Fiction. The end point of a story determines its meaning, and one of the main tasks a writer faces is to define the duration of a plot. Silber uses wide-ranging examples from F. Scott Fitzgerald, Chinua Achebe, and Arundhati Roy, among others, to illustrate five key ways in which time unfolds in fiction. In clear-eyed prose, Silber elucidates a tricky but vital aspect of the art of fiction.
