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ISBN13: 9780312424602 |
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"Wood employs a remarkable understanding of how fiction works, and how it works on us the readers. The depth of his reading and the acuity of his observations make this a tough, enlightening book. (Which is not to say that Wood himself is never amusing; he has his Dale Peck moments. He writes, for instance, of Tom Wolfe's books and their 'immense twisted colons of plot.') In this, his second book of criticism, Wood approaches literature with such absolute passion that in the end you forgive him anything." Anna Godbersen, Esquire (read the entire Esquire review)
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In twenty-three passionate, sparkling dispatches, he effortlessly connects his encyclopedic, passionate understanding of the literary canon with an equally earnest and appreciative view of the most discussed authors writing today, including Franzen, Pynchon, Rushdie, DeLillo, Naipaul, David Foster Wallace, and Zadie Smith.
This collection includes Wood's famous and controversial attack on "hysterical realism", and his sensitive but unsparing examinations of White Teeth and Brick Lane. The Irresponsible Self is indispensable reading for anyone who cares about modern fiction.
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780312424602
- Subtitle:
- On Laughter and the Novel
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Picador USA
- Subject:
- General
- Publication Date:
- April 2005
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Language:
- English
- Pages:
- 320
- Dimensions:
- 8.32x5.48x.85 in. .65 lbs.










