false 23947215 810287 29705 0143038184 9780143038184 179 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1200496981m/29705.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1200496981s/29705.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29705.The_Book_of_Other_People 3.40 748 A stellar host of writers explore the cornerstone of fiction writing: character

The Book of Other People is 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 “realism”—if such a thing exists—is not the point. There are as many ways to create character as there are writers, and this anthology features a rich assortment of exceptional examples.

The writers featured in The Book of Other People include:
Aleksandar Hemon
Nick Hornby
Hari Kunzru
Toby Litt
David Mitchell
George Saunders
Colm Tóibín
Chris Ware, and more
]]> 2522 3.59 35039 3994 4565 4.05 14437 2605 8885 3.96 9301 1408 1351903 3.64 3724 911 88386 3.66 2870 624 2929 3.58 81836 7748 66252 3.41 1763 362 28356 3.40 997 217 2007 3 1 false Sun May 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 07 15:04:55 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 07 15:04:55 -0700 2008 more...]]>