From the bestselling author of the National Book Award winner Let the Great World Spin comes a lesson in how to be a writer--and so much more than that.

Intriguing and inspirational, this book is a call to look outward rather than inward. McCann asks his readers to constantly push the boundaries of experience, to see empathy and wonder in the stories we craft and hear.

A paean to the power of language, both by argument and by example, Letters to a Young Writer is fierce and honest in its testament to the bruises delivered by writing as both a profession and a calling. It charges aspiring writers to learn the rules and even break them.

These fifty-two essays are ultimately a profound challenge to a new generation to bring truth and light to a dark world through their art.

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Format: Hardcover
Author: McCann, Colum
ISBN: 9780399590801
Condition: Used
Dimensions: 7.30 x 1.00
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Year: 2017

Letters to a Young Writer: Some Practical and Philosophical Advice

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