How to draw a novel / Martín Solares ; translated from the Spanish by Heather Cleary.
"A playful, highly visual exploration of novelistic structure and how novels are created, How to Draw a Novel is a meditation on literary craft that muses on how and why novels communicate with readers. In this witty and finely wrought collection of essays, Martain Solares opens the hood of how fiction operates, exploring the conventions of form, the novel as a house that one must build brick by brick, and the objects and characters that build out the world of the novel in unique and complex ways. Solaresuses his own line drawings to portray the ebb and flow of the novel, with Moby Dick spiraling across the page while Dracula takes the form of an erratic heartbeat. Solares breaks out of the Anglo-American-dominated canon of many craft books, ranging across Latin and South America as well. He considers how writers invent (or discover) their characters, the importance of place (or not) in the novel, and the myriad shapes the novel may take. This is a writer's book, and an important contribution to the study of craft and fiction"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780802159304
- ISBN: 0802159303
- Physical Description: vi, 194 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Grove Press, 2023.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Originally published in the Spanish language as Como dibujar una novela by Ediciones Era."--Title page verso. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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Subject: | Fiction > History and criticism. Fiction > Technique. |
Genre: | Literary criticism. Essays. |
Available copies
- 4 of 5 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Stanly County Public Library.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 5 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Albemarle Main Library | 808.3 Sol (Text) | 31010000843591 | Adult New Nonfiction | Available | - |