Consider This
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Consider This by Chuck Palahniuk
Renowned, bestselling novelist Chuck Palahniuk takes us behind the scenes of the writing life, with postcards from decades on the road and incredible examination of the power of fiction and the art of storytelling. In this spellbinding blend of memoir and insight, bestselling author Chuck Palahniuk shares stories and generous advice on what makes writing powerful and what makes for powerful writing. With advice grounded in years of careful study and a keenly observed life, Palahniuk combines practical advice and concrete examples from beloved classics, his own books, and a "kitchen-table MFA" culled from an evolving circle of beloved authors and artists, with anecdotes, postcards from the road, and much more. Clear-eyed, sensitive, illuminating, and knowledgeable, Consider This is Palahniuk's love letter to stories and storytellers, booksellers and books themselves. Consider it a classic in the making.
One of the most feverish imaginations in American letters * The Washington Post *
Like Edgar Allen Poe, Palahniuk is a bracingly toxic purveyor of dread and mounting horrorHe makes nihilism fun * Vanity Fair *
Dark riffing on modernity is the reason people read Palahniuk. His books are not so much novels as jagged fables, cautionary tales about the creeping peril represented by almost everything * Time *
Like Edgar Allen Poe, Palahniuk is a bracingly toxic purveyor of dread and mounting horrorHe makes nihilism fun * Vanity Fair *
Dark riffing on modernity is the reason people read Palahniuk. His books are not so much novels as jagged fables, cautionary tales about the creeping peril represented by almost everything * Time *
Chuck Palahniuk has been a nationally bestselling author since his first novel, 1996's Fight Club, was made into the acclaimed David Fincher film of the same name. Palahniuk's work has sold millions of copies worldwide. He lives outside Portland, Oregon.
SKU | GOR012264014 |
ISBN 13 | 9781472155535 |
ISBN 10 | 147215553X |
Title | Consider This |
Author | Chuck Palahniuk |
Condition | Very Good |
Binding Type | Paperback |
Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
Year published | 2021-01-14 |
Number of pages | 256 |
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