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Cargando... Famous Writers School: A Novel (2006)por Steven Carter
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. This book takes a novel approach in its writing style, comprised entirely of the written communication between an instructor and his students participating in a correspondence school for creative writing. Wendell is a formerly successful author who currently makes his living through these courses. As the lessons progress, it becomes clear that Wendell is picking up as much from his students (sometimes quite literally) as his students are learning from him. This writing style allowed for the creative addition of different points of view and wholly independent plot points. As they are submitted as assignments for the course, these storylines break up the flow in a pleasing way, and each student and his/her stories are well developed. Some of the sections are so well written with such interesting components, I found myself backtracking a little to read them again. I read this relatively quickly, a sure sign of how much I enjoy a book. Then I came to the end. I can’t even explain it, even if I didn’t mind throwing out spoilers. It just kind of ended. Some of the stories came to their natural conclusions, but one of the most significant is left kind of hanging out there – and the way it ended was actually slightly distasteful – something completely out of character based on the rest of the book. Overall I still enjoyed it, but I knocked off a half star for the sheer bafflement of the end. A hilarious read! Writer Wendell Newton offers his tutelage by mail to an eclectic group of folks looking to write. The correspondence back and forth between teacher and student gives the reader an interesting look into the minds and motivations of both parties. I look forward to future work by this author, a teacher himself. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Steven Carter, who has been called "madly inventive" (Kirkus) and "darkly comic" (Village Voice), has a genius for letting his characters speak for themselves, and here they do so quite literally. Famous Writers School is composed of the letters and stories of three authors who are taking a would-be correspondence course by that grandiose name, and the self-serving "lessons" that Wendell Newton, their endearingly obtuse instructor, doles out in response. Wendell's oddball collection of students include Rio, an alluring blues singer on whom he quickly develops a crush; Linda Trane, an unhinged housewife who seems to be stalking him; and Dan, a truly talented author of hard-boiled detective fiction. As Dan's gritty mystery arrives piece by piece, Wendell gets hooked on the story--and decides to dress it up in his own style in order to pass it off as his creation. Gradually the slender threads of connection between each character become apparent, even as Wendell's imagination careens out of control. Carter skillfully weaves these narratives into a genre-bending romp that is at once reminiscent of The Jane Austen Book Club and Get Shorty. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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A satire of the snail mail writing schools of the past, the reader is plunged into slice-of-life stories from each character that may last a few paragraphs or ten pages. It may be a kidnapping, a romance, or a snotty reply from Wendell. Expertly woven together, it's both fun and remarkably well-written. ( )