The Writer's Life: Intimate Thoughts on Work, Love, Inspiration, and Fame from the Diaries of the World's Great Writers

Carol Edgarian; Tom Jenks

ISBN 10: 0679769579 / ISBN 13: 9780679769576

Editore: Vintage, 1997

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Codice articolo G0679769579I4N00

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In an anthology of essays, journal excerpts, and other writings, more than two hundred of the world's great writers--including John Updike, Sylvia Plath, Noel Coward, Alice Walker, Franz Kafka, and others--reflect on fame, inspiration, love, success, and the art of writing. Original. 17,500 first printing.

Dal risvolto di copertina interno: #160; ¸ CHARLOTTE BRONTE ¸ WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS ¸ NOEL COWARD ¸ GUSTAVE FLAUBERT ¸ ANNE FRANK ¸ FRANZ KAFKA

Ambition. Fame. Sex. Envy. Gossip. Money. Death. They re all here, in this dazzling book of quotations--many of them previously unpublished--from the diaries, journals, and notebooks of the world s greatest writers. Arranged chronologically, from the fervent declarations of youth to the serene reflections of old age, The Writer's Life spans twenty-three countries and four centuries to observe the entire spectrum of the human condition, with particular attention to the joys and agonies of literary endeavor. Eloquent, candid, brimming with passion, insight and wit, the result is an invaluable resource for any writer--or for anyone seeking expert instruction in the art of being human.

On inspiration: "I am going t

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Titolo: The Writer's Life: Intimate Thoughts on Work...
Casa editrice: Vintage
Data di pubblicazione: 1997
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Very Good
Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket