{"product_id":"meander-spiral-explode-design-and-pattern-in-narrative-paperback","title":"Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJane Alison\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"How lovely to discover a book on the craft of writing that is also fun to read . . . Alison asserts that the best stories follow patterns in nature, and by defining these new styles she offers writers the freedom to explore but with enough guidance to thrive.\" ―Maris Kreizman, \u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2019 A \u003ci\u003ePoets \u0026amp; Writers\u003c\/i\u003e Best Books for Writers\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Jane Alison writes in the introduction to her insightful and appealing book about the craft of writing: \"For centuries there's been one path through fiction we're most likely to travel― one we're actually told to follow―and that's the dramatic arc: a situation arises, grows tense, reaches a peak, subsides . . . But something that swells and tautens until climax, then collapses? Bit masculosexual, no? So many other patterns run through nature, tracing other deep motions in life. Why not draw on them, too?\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eW. G. Sebald's \u003ci\u003eEmigrants\u003c\/i\u003e was the first novel to show Alison how forward momentum can be created by way of pattern, rather than the traditional arc--or, in nature, wave. Other writers of nonlinear prose considered in her \"museum of specimens\" include Nicholson Baker, Anne Carson, Marguerite Duras, Gabriel García Márquez, Jamaica Kincaid, Clarice Lispector, Susan Minot, David Mitchell, Caryl Phillips, and Mary Robison. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMeander, Spiral, Explode \u003c\/i\u003eis a singular and brilliant elucidation of literary strategies that also brings high spirits and wit to its original conclusions. It is a liberating manifesto that says, Let's leave the outdated modes behind and, in thinking of new modes, bring feeling back to experimentation. It will appeal to serious readers and writers alike.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJane Alison \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of a memoir, \u003ci\u003eThe Sisters Antipodes\u003c\/i\u003e, and four novels: \u003ci\u003eThe Love-Artist, The Marriage of the Sea, Natives and Exotics, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNine Island\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the translator of Ovid's stories of sexual transformation, \u003ci\u003eChange Me\u003c\/i\u003e. She is professor of creative writing at the University of Virginia and lives in Charlottesville. Find out more at www.janealison.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 02, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42692913070143,"sku":"9781948226134","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/9920fcf265335f024d1dca2b6fa32f64.webp?v=1764997067","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/meander-spiral-explode-design-and-pattern-in-narrative-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}