Gornick, Vivian
The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative
- ISBN 13:
- 9780374528584
- author:
- Gornick, Vivian
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2002
- Pages:
- 184
- Dimensions:
- 13.46 x 1.27 x 19.81 centimetres
- Genre:
- Literature - Classics / Criticism
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative by Vivian Gornick This guide to personal writing explores the art of extracting truth from everyday life. Gornick, a renowned writer and teacher, shares her insights on how to craft a compelling narrative that transforms experience into wisdom. By tracing the evolution of the self in memoirs and essays from the past century, she reveals the enduring power of truth-telling in writing. Through a reading tour of influential works, Gornick demonstrates the importance of recognizing truth in others' writing and in one's own. This book, born from her experience teaching in MFA programs, offers a model of lucid intelligence and teaches readers to write by teaching them how to read.
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