Modi di tornare a casa
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9788852039188 (885203918X)
Publish date: May 21st 2013
Publisher: Mondadori
Pages no: 156
Edition language: Italian
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Contemporary,
Spanish Literature,
Latin American,
Latin American Literature
The story here jumps back and forth between the story and an account of its writing. Back and forth between created characters and the voice of the author as he goes about his life, making decisions about how and when to work on the book, what to keep and what to leave. The result is an engaging n...
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Briefly, very briefly: I am sold on Zambra.Even though I delayed reading this one and approached it with some reluctance (that damned publisher’s blurb—but I’ll come back to that), my overall sense of the author and his work was reaffirmed, and if I had to describe Zambra’s writing or storytelling i...
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