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Maggie Bar-Tura (trans) and
Amos Oz
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Publication date
March 29, 1999
Pages
118
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
1
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780151002979
ISBN-10
0151002975
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.75 by 8.50 in.
Weight
0.60 lbs.
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$26.00
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Summary
A collection of insightful essays on a variety of literary masterpieces from such writers as Gogol, Kafka, and Garcia Marquez analyzes the opening sections of works to explore the author's intentions in enticing the reader into the game of reading. 20,000 first printing.
(view table of contents)Amazon.com description: Product Description:
In this collection of ten essays, Amos Oz shares his rich and rewarding experience as both writer and teacher. As he analyzes the opening sections of novels and short stories by such writers as Agnon, Gogol, Kafka, Chekhov, GarcÃa Márquez, and Raymond Carver, Oz instructs, challenges, and guides. He writes about the notion of "beginnings," what the beginning of a novel or short story might "mean" to the author and how important it is. And best of all-he entertains. He highlights opening paragraphs in which authors make promises they may or may not deliver later in the work, or deliver in unexpected ways, or they may deliver more than they have promised. It is a game that miraculously and playfully engages both writer and reader. The Story Begins is a resourceful, accessible, and friendly companion for all students of literature and writing and for all book lovers.
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1 edition from Houghton Mifflin (March 29, 1999)
9780151002979 | details & prices | 118 pages | 5.75 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $26.00
About: A collection of essays on works by writers such as Gogol, Kafka, and Garcia Marquez that analyze the opening sections of works to explore the author's intentions in enticing the reader into reading the book
About: A collection of essays on works by writers such as Gogol, Kafka, and Garcia Marquez that analyze the opening sections of works to explore the author's intentions in enticing the reader into reading the book
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