{"product_id":"9781555975302","title":"The Art of Time in Fiction : As Long as It Takes","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Art of Time in Fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Joan Silber\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFiction imagines for us a stopping point from which life can be seen as intelligible,\" asserts Joan Silber in \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Time in Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e. The end point of a story determines its meaning, and one of the main tasks a writer faces is to define the duration of a plot. Silber uses wide-ranging examples from F. Scott Fitzgerald, Chinua Achebe, and Arundhati Roy, among others, to illustrate five key ways in which time unfolds in fiction. In clear-eyed prose, Silber elucidates a tricky but vital aspect of the art of fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781555975302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40594439831758,"sku":"9781555975302","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_60209913-8d8e-4714-b995-e3ed8c6e534e.jpg?v=1637808165","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781555975302","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}