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1、THEARTOFwiFICTIONDAVIDLODGE$22.00ThearticleswithwhichDavidLodgeentertainedanddelightedreadersoftheIndependentandTheWashingtonPostBookWorldforfiftyweeksbetween1991and1992havenowbeenrevised,expanded,andcollectedtogetherinbookform.Theartoffictionisconsideredunderawiderangeofheadings,suchastheIntrusive
2、Author,Suspense,theEpistolaryNovel,Time-shift,theSenseofPlace,andSymbolism.Eachtopicisillustratedbyashortpassageortwotakenfromclassicandmodemfiction,rangingfromLaurenceSternetoJ.D.Salinger,fromJaneAustentoFayWeldon,fromCharlesDickenstoMartinAmis.DavidLodgetakesthesepassagesapartandputsthembacktoget
3、heragainwiththeexpertiseofanovelist,critic,andteacher.Technicaltermsarelucidlyexplained,andtheirapplicationsexamined,intheliterary-criticalequivalentofslow-motionreplaysofsomeofthebestwritingintheEnglishlanguage.Tothrowfurtherlightonagiventopictheauthorsometimesrefersdirectly,andrevealingly,tohisow
4、nexperienceofwritingfiction.Thisbookisessentialreadingforstudentsofliterature,aspiringwriters,andanyonewhoenjoysliteraryfictionandwouldliketounderstandbetterhowitworks.0793DAVIDLODGEhaspublishedninenovels,includingParadiseNews,NiceWork(short-listedfortheBookerPrizeandwinneroftheSundayExpressBookoft
5、heYearAward,1988),SmallWorld(alsoshortlistedfortheBookerPrizein1984),HowFarCanYouGo?(WhitbreadBookoftheYear,1980),andChangingPlaces(awardedtheYorkshirePostandHawthomdenprizes).HeisHonoraryProfessorofMod•ernEnglishLiteratureattheUniversityofBirmingham,wherehetaughtfrom1960to1987,andistheauthorofseve
6、ralotherworksofliterarycriticism.HeliveswithhiswifeandchildreninBirmingham.JacketdesignbyMelissaJacobyJacketpaintingbyVincentVanGogh,TheNouelReader,1888.Privatecollection.PhotographcourtesyofTheLefevreGallery,London.VIKINGPENGUINadivisionofPenguinBooksUSAInc.375HudsonStreet,NewYork,N.Y.10014VIKINGP
7、rintedinU.S.A.CEIIIFhendoesanovelbegin?Thequestionisalmostasdifficulttoanswer•wasthequestion,whendoesthehumanembryobecomeaperson?Certainlythecreationofanovelrarelybeginswiththepenningortypingofitsfirstwords
