{"product_id":"living-by-fiction-paperback","title":"Living by Fiction - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnnie Dillard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Everyone who timidly, bombastically, reverently, scholastically\u003c\/strong\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003eeven fraudulently\u003c\/strong\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003eessays to 'live the life of the mind' should read this book. It's elegant and classy, like caviar and champagne, and like these two items, it's over much too soon.\" --\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Dillard's classic work of literary criticism\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiving by Fiction \u003c\/em\u003eis written for--and dedicated to--people who love literature. Dealing with writers such as Nabokov, Barth, Coover, Pynchon, Borges, García Márquez, Beckett, and Calvino, Annie Dillard shows how contemporary fiction works and why traditional fiction will always move us. Like Joyce Cary's \u003cem\u003eArt and Reality\u003c\/em\u003e, this is a book by a writer on the issues raised by the art of literature. Readers of\u003cem\u003e Pilgrim at Tinker Creek \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eHoly the Firm \u003c\/em\u003ewill recognize Dillard's vivid writing, her humor, and the lively way she tackles the urgent questions of meaning in experience itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiving by Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e is written for--and dedicated to--people who love literature. Dealing with writers such as Nabokov, Barth, Coover, Pynchon, Borges, García Márquez, Beckett, and Calvino, Annie Dillard shows why fiction \u003cem\u003ematters\u003c\/em\u003e and how it can reveal more of the modern world and modern thinking than all the academic sciences combined. Like Joyce Cary's \u003cem\u003eArt and Reality, \u003c\/em\u003e this is a book by a writer on the issues raised by the art of literature. \u003cem\u003eReaders of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHoly the Firm\u003c\/em\u003e will recognize Dillard's vivid writing, her humor, and the lively way in which she tackles the urgent questions of meaning in experience itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 194\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 7.99 x 5.33 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 20, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52203961090343,"sku":"9780060915445","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1002\/2079\/7223\/files\/QF6LnuB5YE9780060915445.webp?v=1790801740","url":"https:\/\/theluminousbookshop.com\/es\/products\/living-by-fiction-paperback","provider":"The Luminous Book Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}