Bibliograph

How to draw a novel, Martín Solares ; translated from the Spanish by Heather Cleary

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How to draw a novel, Martín Solares ; translated from the Spanish by Heather Cleary

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-194)

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

How to draw a novel

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Martín Solares ; translated from the Spanish by Heather Cleary

Summary

"A playful, highly visual exploration of novelistic structure and how novels are created, How to Draw a Novel is a meditation on literary craft that muses on how and why novels communicate with readers. In this witty and finely wrought collection of essays, Martín Solares opens the hood of how fiction operates, exploring the conventions of form, the novel as a house that one must build brick by brick, and the objects and characters that build out the world of the novel in unique and complex ways. Solares uses his own line drawings to portray the ebb and flow of the novel, with Moby Dick spiraling across the page while Dracula takes the form of an erratic heartbeat. Solares breaks out of the Anglo-American-dominated canon of many craft books, ranging across Latin and South America as well. He considers how writers invent (or discover) their characters, the importance of place (or not) in the novel, and the myriad shapes the novel may take. This is a writer's book, and an important contribution to the study of craft and fiction"--, Provided by publisher

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