{"product_id":"thirteen-ways-of-looking-at-the-novel","title":"Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Pulitzer Prize-winning author's revelatory celebration of the novel - at once an anatomy of the art of fiction, a guide for readers and writers and a memoir of literary life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver her 20 year career, Jane Smiley has written many kinds of novels - mystery, comedy, historical fiction, epic. But when her impulse to write faltered after 9\/11, she decided to approach novels from a different angle: she read 100 of them, from the 1000-year-old \u003cb\u003eTale of Genji\u003c\/b\u003e to the recent bestseller \u003cb\u003eWhite Teeth\u003c\/b\u003e by Zadie Smith, from classics to little-known gems. With these books and her experience of reading them as her reference, Smiley discusses the pleasure of reading; why a novel succeeds - or doesn't; and how the form has changed over time. She delves into the character of the novelist and reveals how (and which) novels have affected her own life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSmiley takes us deep into the process of novel-writing, sharing the secrets of her own habits and theories of creativity. She offers priceless practical advice to aspiring writers, and even walks us through the publication of her most recent novel, \u003cb\u003eGood Faith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e And in an appendix - one of the most compelling and intelligent reading lists ever compiled - Smiley considers individually the 100 novels she read, giving us a brief but cogent description of each, along with her own opinions and interpretations. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEngaging, wise, decidedly unacademic - and bound to be one of Smiley's most widely read and beloved books.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54258398527832,"sku":"9780571231102","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780571231102.jpg?v=1765957512","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/thirteen-ways-of-looking-at-the-novel","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}