Book of Other People

Name: Book of Other People
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ISBN: 9780143038184

ISBN-10: 0143038184

ISBN-13: 9780143038184

Edition: 2007

Authors: Zadie Smith, Zadie Smith

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A stellar host of writers explore the cornerstone of fiction writing: character The Book of Other Peopleis about character. Twenty-five or so outstanding writers have been asked by Zadie Smith to make up a fictional character. By any measure, creating character is at the heart of the fictional enterprise, and this book concentrates on writers who share a talent for making something recognizably human out of words (and, in the case of the graphic novelists, pictures). But the purpose of the book is variety: straight realismif such a thing existsis not the point. There are as many ways to create character as there are writers, and this anthology features a rich assortment of exceptional…

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List price: $15.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Publication date: 1/2/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Gregor von Rezzori(1914–1998) was a novelist, journalist, memoirist, screenwriter, and author of radio plays. His worksMemoirs of an Anti-SemiteandThe Snows of Yesteryearare published by NYRB Classics. Zadie Smithis the author of three novels, most recentlyOn Beauty, and the editor of the short-story anthologyThe Book of Other People. Philip Boehmis the author of numerous translations from Polish and German, including works by Franz Kafka, Ida Fink, and Christoph Hein.



Judith Castle



Justin M. Damiano



Frank



Gideon



Gordon



Hanwell Snr



J. Johnson



Lele



The Liar



Jordan Wellington Lint



Magda Mandela



The Monster



Nigora



Judge Gladys Parks-Schultz



Puppy



Rhoda



Soleil



Roy Spivey



Cindy Stubenstock



Theo



Perkus Tooth



Donal Webster



Newton Wicks