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From the National Book Award-winning, Booker Prize-longlisted author of Let the Great World Spin and Transatlantic comes a passionate and practical book of advice, as essential for budding writers as Stephen King's On Writing'A warm, open-hearted paean to the joys of writing' Sunday Times 'Excellent ... cannot fail as a pick-me-up' ObserverI hope there is something here for any young writer - or any older writer, for that matter - who happens to be looking for a teacher to come along, a teacher who, in the end, can really teach nothing at all but fire. From the critically acclaimed Colum McCann, author of the National Book Award winner Let the Great World Spin, comes a paean to the power of language, and a direct address to the artistic, professional and philosophical concerns that challenge and sometimes torment an author. Comprising fifty-two short prose pieces, Letters to a Young Writer ranges from practical matters of authorship, such as finding an agent, the pros and cons of creative writing degrees and handling bad reviews, through to the more joyous and celebratory, as McCann elucidates the pleasures to be found in truthful writing, for: 'the best writing makes us glad that we are - however briefly - alive.' Emphatic and empathetic, pragmatic and profound, this is an essential companion to any author's journey - and a deeply personal work from one of our greatest literary voices.

This Very Short Introduction explores the context, background, and important themes contained in Shelley's most famous novel, Frankenstein, as well as demonstrating the importance of her work after Frankenstein. Over the course of her long career, Shelley developed a distinctive voice, and a political and philosophical stance. Exploring key themes throughout Shelley's work, Charlotte Gordon shows how she devoted herself to the propositions her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, outlined in AVindication of the Rights of Woman: that women are equal to men; that all people deserve the same rights; that human reason and the capacity for love can reform the world; and that every person is entitled to justice and freedom.

A unique look at the craft of writing from a bestelling master of storytelling. Readers who have long wondered where the mysterious novelist gets his ideas and what inspires his strangely surreal worlds will be fascinated by this highly personal look at the craft of writing. In this engaging book, the internationally best-selling author shares with readers what he thinks about being a novelist; his thoughts on the role of the novel in our society; his own origins as a writer; and his musings on the sparks of creativity that inspire other writers, artists, and musicians. 'You end this collection of beautiful essays vowing to never let life, or writing, get so complicated again' Guardian'Murakami is like a magician who explains what he's doing as he performs the trick and still makes you believe he has supernatural powers' New York Times Book Review'A fascinating glimpse of the peculiar writerly life

In Suppose a Sentence, Brian Dillon turns his attention to the oblique and complex pleasures of the sentence. A series of essays prompted by a single sentence – from Shakespeare to Gertrude Stein, John Ruskin to Joan Didion – the book explores style, voice, and language, along with the subjectivity of reading. Both an exercise in practical criticism and a set of experiments or challenges, Suppose a Sentence is a polemical and personal reflection on the art of the sentence in literature. Whether the sentence in question is a rigorous expression of a state of vulnerability, extremity, even madness, or a carefully calibrated arrangement, Dillon examines not only how it works and why but also, in the course of the book, what the sentence once was, what it is today, and what it might become tomorrow.

'One of Britain's most celebrated contemporary novelists' Sunday TimesIn this probing series of exclusive interviews, Alistair Owen talks to William Boyd about his works and the life which has inspired them. The conversations which emerge are a deep-dive into film, art, theatre, literature and the life of a writer. This is one of Britain's most beloved authors on what it is to write in a variety of forms. 'William Boyd has probably written more classic books than any of his contemporaries' Daily Telegraph 'Arguably one of Britain's finest living writers' Sunday Express

"Guy Deutscher is that rare beast, an academic who talks good sense about linguistics... he argues in a playful and provocative way, that our mother tongue does indeed affect how we think and, just as important, how we perceive the world." Observer*Does language reflect the culture of a society? *Is our mother-tongue a lens through which we perceive the world? *Can different languages lead their speakers to different thoughts? In Through the Language Glass, acclaimed author Guy Deutscher will convince you that, contrary to the fashionable academic consensus of today, the answer to all these questions is - yes. A delightful amalgam of cultural history and popular science, this book explores some of the most fascinating and controversial questions about language, culture and the human mind.

'But, you may say, we asked you to speak about women and fiction - what has that got to do with a room of one's own?'A Room of One's Own grew out of a lecture that Virginia Woolf had been invited to give at Girton College, Cambridge in 1928 and became a landmark work of feminist thought. Covering everything from why a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write, to authors such as Jane Austen, Aphra Behn and the Brontë sisters, and the tragic story of Shakespeare's fictional sister Judith, it remains a passionate assertion for female creativity and independence in a world dominated by men. 'Fierce, energetic, humorous' Hermione Lee

Why are the best words short and old?Why are full stops a writer's best friend?How can we simplify, then exaggerate?And what exactly are dangling modifiers?We'd all like to write with style. But what does that mean, and what can we learn from The Economist, a publication well known for its clarity and flair?Welcome to Writing with Style, an elegant survey of the principles available for writing better prose. By adopting some tried and tested tools and techniques, you too can learn how to inform, persuade and entertain when you write. Whether you want to know your singulars from your subjunctives, how colons add drama or why the word "comprise" is contaminated, this is the style guide for you.

Οι µελέτες του βιβλίου αυτού, οι οποίες εστιάζονται στην ανάγνωση και τους αναγνώστες κατά τη σύγχρονη εποχή, από τα µέσα του 18ου έως τις αρχές του 20ού αιώνα, µαρτυρούν την ανάπτυξη της πολιτισµικής ιστορίας τα τελευταία χρόνια. Πραγµατεύονται την εξάπλωση της έντυπης κουλτούρας στην Ευρώπη µετά το 1760 (εφηµερίδα, µυθιστόρηµα-επιφυλλίδα, σχολικό εγχειρίδιο, λεξικό, εκλαϊκευµένο επιστηµονικό βιβλίο) και ακολουθούν τους δαιδάλους, τα πισωγυρίσµατα και τις εξελίξεις που συνοδεύουν το πέρασµα από µια δραστηριότητα αποκλειστικά για λίγους –για τις ελίτ λόγω καταγωγής ή περιουσίας– σε µια µορφή αναψυχής την οποία µοιράζεται η πλειονότητα των ανθρώπων. Σε αυτή την αργή εµφάνιση της µαζικής κουλτούρας –από το 1850 έως το 1880 για τη Μεγάλη Βρετανία και τη Γαλλία, λίγο αργότερα για τους γείτονές τους– κρύβονται αρκετές από τις µεταµορφώσεις του κόσµου στον οποίο ζούµε σήµερα. «Ο συγγραφέας […] καταφέρνει να συγκροτήσει ένα πανόραµα όλων εκείνων των ιδεών και πρωτοβουλιών που µετουσιώθηκαν σε έντυπο υλικό κάθε είδους και επηρέασαν τις ευρωπαϊκές κοινωνίες. Τα δοκίµια που παρουσιάζονται στην παρούσα έκδοση αλληλεπιδρούν µε δυναµικό και ευέλικτο τρόπο, καθώς, παρόλο που το καθένα από αυτά διαθέτει µια αυτόνοµη συνοχή και αναλύει ένα συγκεκριµένο αντικείµενο, όλα µαζί ταυτόχρονα διατηρούν µια άµεση και ισχυρή σχέση µε το κεντρικό αντικείµενο του βιβλίου: την ανάγνωση και το κοινό της κατά τη σύγχρονη εποχή».