Discovering Fiction USED BOOK

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Discovering Fiction
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Condition: 
Like New
Primary Author: 
Lianke Yan
Other Authors: 
Rojas, Carlos
Binding Type: 
Paperback
Publisher: 
Duke University Press
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Publication Date: 
06/01/2022
Book Description: 
Over the past twenty years, Chinese novelist Yan Lianke has emerged as one of the most important writers in the world. In Discovering Fiction, Yan offers insights into his views on literature and realism, the major works that inspired him, and his theories of writing. He juxtaposes discussions of the high realism of Leo Tolstoy and Lu Xun against Franz Kafka's modernism and Gabriel Garc a M rquez's magical realism, charting the relationship between causality, truth, and modes of realism. He also discusses his approach to realism, which he terms "mythorealism"-a way of capturing the world's underlying truth by relying on the allegories, myths, legends, and dreamscapes that emerge from daily life. Revealing and instructive, Discovering Fiction gives readers an unprecedented look into the mind and art of a literary giant.
ISBN: 
9781478018308

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