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On Becoming a Novelist (Becoming a ... Ser.)

On Becoming a Novelist (Becoming a ... Ser.)

On Becoming a Novelist (Becoming a ... Ser.)
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On Becoming a Novelist (Becoming a ... Ser.)

by Gardner, John

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Harper & Row, 1983. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Fully-bound in brown cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. Tan endpapers. [xxv] + 150pps. There is mild rubbing to the spine-ends and the upper corner of page 113 is creased. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has a small tear and abrasion at the top of the back panel and modest rubbing wear to the extremities. The original price is intact. Includes a Foreword by Raymond Carver.

"...'On Becoming A Novelist' was completed only a few weeks before John Gardner's death. Into it he poured his personal experience as an accomplished novelist and a committed teacher of fiction writing. In his foreword, Raymond Carver, a former student of Gardner's, tells us that he gave to the teaching of fiction writing the same devotion to its craft and moral values that he gave to his own work. He also gave to it the rare encouraging spirit that marks his presence behind each sentence of this book. His main objective, as he says early on, is to try 'to deal with, and if possible to get rid of, the beginning novelist's worries...'"

Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. . ISBN: 0-06-014956-6. First Edition, First Printing. AUTHORSHIP VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE EDUCATION LANGUAGE ARTS DISCIPLINES JOHN GARDNER ON BECOMING A NOVELIST FIRST EDITIONS CREATIVE WRITING JOURNALISM FICTION GRAMMAR ENGLISH. Catalogs: NonFiction.

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Title
On Becoming a Novelist (Becoming a ... Ser.)
Author
Gardner, John
Book Condition
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Edition
First Edition, First Printing
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Hardcover
ISBN 10
0060149566
ISBN 13
9780060149567
Publisher
Harper & Row
Place of Publication
New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published
1983
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Nonfiction;

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