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In her entertaining and edifying New York Times bestseller, acclaimed author Francine Prose invites you to sit by her side and take a guided tour of the tools and the tricks of the masters and discover why their work has endured. Written with passion, humor, and wisdom, Reading Like a Writer will inspire readers to return to literature with a fresh eye and an eager heart--to take pleasure in the long and magnificent sentences of Philip Roth and the breathtaking paragraphs of Isaac Babel; to look to John Le Carré for a lesson in how to advance plot through dialogue, and to Flannery O'Connor for the cunning use of the telling detail. And, most importantly, she cautions readers to slow down and pay attention to words, the raw material out of which all literature is crafted.

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The passages are...subtle and brilliant in their capture of human complexity...Prose is...a skilled...analyst of what makes them so. -- San Francisco Chronicle Prose's little guide will motivate 'people who love books'...Like the great works of fiction, it's a wise and voluble companion. -- New York Book Review Celebrates the pleasures of close reading and explores the power of well-wrought language...refreshing. -- Time Out New York An absolutely necessary addition to the personal library of anyone who is a writer or dreams of writing. -- NPR A jewel of a companion...engrossing...and...daringly insightful. -- Los Angeles Times

A jewel of a companion...engrossing...and...daringly insightful. -- Los Angeles Times An absolutely necessary addition to the personal library of anyone who is a writer or dreams of writing. -- NPR Celebrates the pleasures of close reading and explores the power of well-wrought language...refreshing. -- Time Out New York Prose's little guide will motivate 'people who love books'...Like the great works of fiction, it's a wise and voluble companion. -- New York Book Review The passages are...subtle and brilliant in their capture of human complexity...Prose is...a skilled...analyst of what makes them so. -- San Francisco Chronicle

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Francine Prose is the author of twenty-one works of fiction, including Mister Monkey; the New York Times bestseller Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932; A Changed Man, which won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize; and Blue Angel, a finalist for the National Book Award. Her works of nonfiction include Anne Frank: The Book, the Life, the Afterlife, and the New York Times bestseller Reading like a Writer. The recipient of numerous grants and honors, including a Guggenheim, a Fulbright, and a Director's Fellow at the Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library, she is a former president of PEN American Center and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She lives in New York City. Nanette Savard is an accomplished stage and film actress. She is an active voice-over performer who has narrated hundreds of audiobooks in every genre, garnering much critical acclaim.

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