The Art of Fiction - Notes on Craft for Young Writers
by GARDNER, John
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good +
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
NY: Knopf, 1984. Bound in pink cloth over tan boards, stamped in gold in matching cream colored dust jacket. A 224 pp. book on the craft of writing by the noted author of Grendel and Nickel Mountain. . Reprint / Book Club Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good +.
Synopsis
John Gardner was accorded wide praise for his works of imagination, of criticism, and of scholarship. He was born in 1933 in Batavia, New York. Among the universities at which he taught are Oberlin, San Francisco State, Northwestern, Southern Illinois, Bennington and SUNY-Binghamton. The Art of Fiction was completed before his death in 1982.
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- Seller
- abookshop (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 7001414
- Title
- The Art of Fiction - Notes on Craft for Young Writers
- Author
- GARDNER, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Edition
- Reprint / Book Club Edition
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- Writing
- Bookseller catalogs
- Writing;
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- Reprint
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Book Club Edition
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