{"product_id":"9780312421724","title":"Letters to a Young Novelist","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eLetters to a Young Novelist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Mario Vargas Llosa\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMario Vargas Llosa condenses a lifetime of writing, reading, and thought  into an essential manual for aspiring writers. Drawing on the stories  and novels of writers from around the globe-Borges, Bierce, Céline,  Cortázar, Faulkner, Kafka, Robbe-Grillet-he lays bare the inner workings  of fiction, all the while urging young novelists not to lose touch with  the elemental urge to create. Conversational, eloquent, and  effortlessly erudite, this little book is destined to be read and  re-read by young writers, old writers, would-be writers, and all those  with a stake in the world of letters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A fascinating commentary...distills [great works] brilliantly, revealing an architecture to their greatness.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Ought to be dubbed the world's cheapest MFA...Not just a book for writers, but one for readers, too...And for those who want to do more than read, [it] will instruct, illuminate, and most important, inspire.” —\u003ci\u003eSt. Petersburg Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[This book] will make you, if not a novelist, at least a subtler taster of novels.” —\u003ci\u003eSan Antonio Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Less a collection of dictums on the craft of the novel than a tribute to its formal complexities and potential through his admiring comments on works by the likes of Flaubert and Cervantes.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner Nobel Prize in Literature (2010), Nobel Prize For Literature (2010)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780312421724\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40660332904654,"sku":"9780312421724","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_ed04e3a8-e553-4d3a-936e-6ddb1f74ec1b.jpg?v=1639537887","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780312421724","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}