The Fun Stuff

Author: James Wood
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Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0374159564

The Fun Stuff: And Other Essays

Following The Broken Estate, The Irresponsible Self, and How Fiction Works-books that established James Wood as the leading critic of his generation-The Fun Stuff confirms Wood's preeminence, not only as a discerning judge but also as an appreciator of the contemporary novel. Get The Fun Stuff literature books for free.
In twenty-three passionate, sparkling dispatches-that range over such crucial writers as Thomas Hardy, Leon Tolstoy, Edmund Wilson, and Mikhail Lermontov-Wood offers a panoramic look at the modern novel. He effortlessly connects his encyclopedic, passionate understanding of the literary canon with an equally in-depth analysis of the most important authors writing today, including Cormac McCarthy, Lydia Davis, Aleksandar Hemon, and Mic Check The Fun Stuff our best literature books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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He effortlessly connects his encyclopedic, passionate understanding of the literary canon with an equally in-depth analysis of the most important authors writing today, including Cormac McCarthy, Lydia Davis, Aleksandar Hemon, and Mic

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