Postmodern American Fiction: A Norton Anthology by Paula Geyh

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Excerpts from novels by writers, giving their comments on what they wanted to achieve. For example, in How to Tell a True War Story, a novel on the horror and grandeur of war, Tim O'Brien sought "to arrive at some kind of spiritual truth that one can't discover simply by recording the world-as-it-is."

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KendraFitz 31 reviews

A very cool collection of excerpts from well known and lesser known American authors of postmodern fiction. I learned much about writing from examining the techniques used within these examples of short stories.

Feb 27, 2017