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A Passion for Narrative: A Guide for Writing Fiction
by Hodgins, Jack
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0312110421
- ISBN 13
- 9780312110420
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
St Martins Press, 1994. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated: First U.S. Edition: May 1994. Includes number line including the number one. Hard cover in very good condition with black boards and gold gilt spine lettering. Text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Dust jacket likewise very good; mellow age toning, especially to top edge; not price clipped. * From the jacket flap, ""....fiction writing has to shape the natural storytelling impulse into a printed book that readers will enjoy. Using a series of linked exercises, novelist and teacher Jack Hodgins challenges writers to address the central questions of their craft....""
Synopsis
Jack Hodgins was born and raised on Vancouver Island. He taught Creative Writing at a number of Canadian universities, and retired from the University of Victoria in 2002. He is the author of seven novels, including The Invention of the World ; The Resurrection of Joseph Bourne , winner of the Governor General’s Award; The Macken Charm ; Broken Ground , winner of the Ethel Wilson Prize for Fiction; and Distance ; and three books of short stories, Spit Delaney’s Island , a finalist for the Governor General’s Award; The Barclay Family Theatre ; and Damage Done by the Storm . He is also the author of A Passion for Narrative: A Guide for Writing Fiction . Hodgins has been awarded the Canada-Australia Prize, among many others, has received three honorary degrees, and has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M001233
- Title
- A Passion for Narrative: A Guide for Writing Fiction
- Author
- Hodgins, Jack
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0312110421
- ISBN 13
- 9780312110420
- Publisher
- St Martins Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- Writing, Fiction, Creative writing, Fiction - Technique, Narration (Rhetoric)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Writing;
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Elk Creek Heritage Books
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Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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