Compared to What
On Writing and the Writer's Life
by Thomas Faber
ISBN: 0393026116
ISBN-13: 9780393026115
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Published date: 1988
Publisher's Notes
Stories describe the author's life as a writer, personal relationships, and understanding of the nature of fiction.
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Compared to What: On Writing and the Writer's Life
Faber, Thomas
Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1988. Unread and unopened first printing. Light tanning to edges of white dustjacket.. ISBN: 0393026116. Hard Cover. Fine+/Fine+. First Printing. BIOGRAPHY A LITERARY FORM AUTOBIOGRAPHY. ( more information)
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Compared to What: On Writing and the Writer's Life
Faber, Thomas
Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1988 Hardcover 1988 Edition.Dust jacket and boards in fine condition.Pages unmarked.Binding firm.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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Compared to What: On Writing and the Writer's Life
Faber, Thomas
New York: W. W. Norton & Company. 1988. F First Edition. H Hard Cover. Fine. 176 pp. "...in this luminous mosaic of linked nonfiction stories and meditations [the author] presents us with a startlingly original, interior view of the writer's life: the intricacies of its methods, of the impulse to story, of the writer's place in society -- all that informs and haunts this odd vocation." Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Tan three-quarter cloth with tan marbled boards. ~Click on BOOKSTORES to browse our extensive listings of similar titles in Literary Criticism~ ( more information)
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