Five Fictions in Search of Truth |
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| Author:
| Jehlen, Myra |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-13612-7 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2008 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $67.99 |
Book Description:
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Fiction, far from being the opposite of truth, is wholly bent on finding it out, and writing novels is a way to know the real world as objectively as possible. This book develops this idea through readings of works by Flaubert, James, and Nabokov.
Fiction, far from being the opposite of truth, is wholly bent on finding it out, and writing novels is a way to know the real world as objectively as possible. This book develops this idea through readings of works by Flaubert, James, and Nabokov.