Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780803261396
Publisert
1998-03-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Bison Books
Vekt
128 gr
Aldersnivå
01, P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
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Om bidragsyterne
The author (or not) of a dozen books, Marcel Bénabou is a professor of ancient history at the University of Paris VII and permanent provisional secretary of Oulipo. David Kornacker is a writer and translator living in New York City. Warren Motte is a professor of French at the University of Colorado."A mercurially playful paradox of confessional literature, authorial awakening, and creative endeavor."—<i>Kirkus Reviews</i>
Marcel Bénabou is quick to acknowledge that his own difficulty in writing has plenty of company. Words stick and syntax is stubborn, meaning slips and synonyms cluster. A blank page taunts and a full one accuses. Bénabou knows the heroic joy of depriving critics of victims, the kindness of sparing publishers decisions, and the public charity of leaving more room in bookstore displays. Why I Have Not Written Any of My Books (Pourquoi je n’ai écrit aucun de mes livres) provides both a respectful litany of writers’ fears and a dismissal of the alibis offered to excuse them.
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Provides both a litany of writers' fears and a dismissal of the alibis offered to excuse them. The author aims to acknowledge that his own difficulty in writing has plenty of company.
Provides both a respectful litany of writers' fears and a dismissal of the alibis offered to excuse them
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780803261396
Publisert
1998-03-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Bison Books
Vekt
128 gr
Aldersnivå
01, P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Preface by
Forfatter
Oversetter