Steering the Craft
A Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story
$36.00
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2015
Summary
From the celebrated Ursula K. Le Guin, “a writer of enormous intelligence and wit, a master storyteller” (Boston Globe), the revised and updated edition of her classic guide to the essentials of a writer’s craft.
Completely revised and rewritten to address modern challenges and opportunities, this essential creative writing handbook is a short, deceptively simple guide to the craft of writing.
Le Guin lays out ten chapters that address the most fundamental components of…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780544611610 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0544611616 |
| Author: | Ursula K. Le Guin |
| Publisher: | Harper Perennial |
| Imprint: | Harper Perennial |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2015 |
| Weight: | 136g |
| Dimensions: | 13mm x 140mm x 208mm |
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Critics Review
“There is no better spirit in all of American letters than that of Ursula Le Guin.” – Slate
“A must-read for intermediate and advanced writers of fiction and memoir.” –Library Journal, STARRED “A succinct, clear, and encouraging companion for aspiring writers.” –Kirkus Reviews “It would be churlish to deny the benefits of this thoughtful, concise volume…In essence, Le Guin reveals the art of craft and the craft of art…this book is a star by which to set one’s course.” –Publishers Weekly, STARRED “There is no better spirit in all of American letters than that of Ursula Le Guin.” – Slate “Le Guin is a writer of enormous intelligence and wit, a master storyteller with the humor and force of a Twain. She creates stories for everyone from New Yorker literati to the hardest audience, children. She remakes every genre she uses.” – Boston Globe
Ursula K. Le Guin
Over the course of her career, URSULA K. LE GUIN has published more than sixty books of fiction, fantasy, children’s literature, poetry, drama, criticism, and translation. She is the winner of many awards, including the PEN/Malamud Award and the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.
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