false 36883067 1009462 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 3.40 747 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 34977 3992 4565 4.05 14407 2604 8885 3.96 9287 1410 1351903 3.64 3700 907 88386 3.66 2861 622 2929 3.58 81635 7733 66252 3.41 1761 362 28356 3.40 996 217 2007 0 1 false Tue Nov 04 03:26:04 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 04 03:27:28 -0800 2008 more...]]>