Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction

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出版社: Random House Trade
2013-08
ISBN: 9780812982152
定价: 117.70
装帧: 平装
开本: 其他
纸张: 其他
页数: 195页
正文语种: 英语
  • NAMEDONEOFTHEBESTBOOKSOFTHEYEARBY"KIRKUSREVIEWS""GoodProse"isaninspiringbookaboutwriting--aboutthecreationofgoodprose--andtherecordofawarmandproductiveliteraryfriendship.Thestorybeginsin1973,intheofficesof"TheAtlanticMonthly,"inBoston,whereayoungfreelancewriternamedTracyKiddercamelookingforanassignment.RichardToddwastheeditorwhoencouragedhim.Fromthatarticlegrewalifelongassociation.Beforelong,Kidder's"TheSoulofaNewMachine,"thefirstbookthetwoworkedontogether,hadwonthePulitzerPrize.Itwasaheadymoment,butforKidderandTodditwasonlythebeginningofaneducationintheartofnonfiction."GoodProse"exploresthreemajornonfictionforms:narratives,essays,andmemoirs.KidderandTodddrawcandidly,sometimescomically,ontheirownexperience--theirmistakesaswellasaccomplishments--todemonstratethepragmaticwaysinwhichcreativeproblemsgetsolved.Theyalsoturntotheworksofawiderangeofwriters,novelistsaswellasnonfictionwriters,formodelsandinstruction.Theytalkaboutnarrativestrategies(andabouthowtofindastory,sometimesinsurprisingplaces),abouttheethicalchallengesofnonfiction,andabouttherealitiesofmakingalivingasawriter.Theyoffersometartandemphaticopinionsonthecurrentstateoflanguage.Andtheytakeaclearstandagainstplayingloosewiththefacts.Theiradviceisalwaysgroundedinthepracticalworldofwritingandpublishing."GoodProse"--likeStrunkandWhite's"TheElementsofStyle--"isasuccinct,authoritative,andentertainingarbiterofstandardsincontemporarywriting,offeringguidancefortheprofessionalwriterandthebeginneralike.Thiswiseandusefulbookistheperfectcompanionforanyonewholovestoreadgoodbooksandlongstowriteone.Praisefor"GoodProse""Smart,lucid,andentertaining."--"TheBostonGlobe""""Youareinsuchgoodcompany--congenial,ironic,abitold-school--thatyou'rehappytofollow[KidderandTodd]wheretheyleadyou."--"TheWallStreetJournal""[A]well-structured,to-the-point,genuinelyuseful,andfun-to-readguidetowritingnarrativenonfiction,essays,andmemoir...Crisp,informative,andmind-expanding."--"Booklist""""Agem...Thefinerpointsofcreativenonfictionaremoldedintoaninspiringreadthatwillaffectthewould-bewriterasmuchasAnneLamott's"BirdbyBird"orStephenKing's"OnWriting.."..Thisisamustreadfornonfictionwriters."--"LibraryJournal""""Asapproachableandapplicableasanywritingmanualavailable."--AssociatedPress"FromtheHardcoveredition." Tracy Kidder graduated from Harvard and studied at the University of Iowa. He has won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, and many other literary prizes. The author of Strength in What Remains,My Detachment,Mountains Beyond Mountains, Home Town, Old Friends, Among Schoolchildren, House, and The Soul of a New Machine, Tracy Kidder lives in Massachusetts.
     
     Richard Todd was educated at Amherst and Stanford. He has spent many years as a magazine and book editor, and has written articles on a wide range of cultural themes for Harper’s, The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times Magazine, Condé Nast Traveler, and the Columbia Journalism Review, among others. He is the author of a previous book, The Thing Itself, and he teaches in the MFA program at Goucher College.,,,
  • 内容简介:
    NAMEDONEOFTHEBESTBOOKSOFTHEYEARBY"KIRKUSREVIEWS""GoodProse"isaninspiringbookaboutwriting--aboutthecreationofgoodprose--andtherecordofawarmandproductiveliteraryfriendship.Thestorybeginsin1973,intheofficesof"TheAtlanticMonthly,"inBoston,whereayoungfreelancewriternamedTracyKiddercamelookingforanassignment.RichardToddwastheeditorwhoencouragedhim.Fromthatarticlegrewalifelongassociation.Beforelong,Kidder's"TheSoulofaNewMachine,"thefirstbookthetwoworkedontogether,hadwonthePulitzerPrize.Itwasaheadymoment,butforKidderandTodditwasonlythebeginningofaneducationintheartofnonfiction."GoodProse"exploresthreemajornonfictionforms:narratives,essays,andmemoirs.KidderandTodddrawcandidly,sometimescomically,ontheirownexperience--theirmistakesaswellasaccomplishments--todemonstratethepragmaticwaysinwhichcreativeproblemsgetsolved.Theyalsoturntotheworksofawiderangeofwriters,novelistsaswellasnonfictionwriters,formodelsandinstruction.Theytalkaboutnarrativestrategies(andabouthowtofindastory,sometimesinsurprisingplaces),abouttheethicalchallengesofnonfiction,andabouttherealitiesofmakingalivingasawriter.Theyoffersometartandemphaticopinionsonthecurrentstateoflanguage.Andtheytakeaclearstandagainstplayingloosewiththefacts.Theiradviceisalwaysgroundedinthepracticalworldofwritingandpublishing."GoodProse"--likeStrunkandWhite's"TheElementsofStyle--"isasuccinct,authoritative,andentertainingarbiterofstandardsincontemporarywriting,offeringguidancefortheprofessionalwriterandthebeginneralike.Thiswiseandusefulbookistheperfectcompanionforanyonewholovestoreadgoodbooksandlongstowriteone.Praisefor"GoodProse""Smart,lucid,andentertaining."--"TheBostonGlobe""""Youareinsuchgoodcompany--congenial,ironic,abitold-school--thatyou'rehappytofollow[KidderandTodd]wheretheyleadyou."--"TheWallStreetJournal""[A]well-structured,to-the-point,genuinelyuseful,andfun-to-readguidetowritingnarrativenonfiction,essays,andmemoir...Crisp,informative,andmind-expanding."--"Booklist""""Agem...Thefinerpointsofcreativenonfictionaremoldedintoaninspiringreadthatwillaffectthewould-bewriterasmuchasAnneLamott's"BirdbyBird"orStephenKing's"OnWriting.."..Thisisamustreadfornonfictionwriters."--"LibraryJournal""""Asapproachableandapplicableasanywritingmanualavailable."--AssociatedPress"FromtheHardcoveredition."
  • 作者简介:
    Tracy Kidder graduated from Harvard and studied at the University of Iowa. He has won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, and many other literary prizes. The author of Strength in What Remains,My Detachment,Mountains Beyond Mountains, Home Town, Old Friends, Among Schoolchildren, House, and The Soul of a New Machine, Tracy Kidder lives in Massachusetts.
     
     Richard Todd was educated at Amherst and Stanford. He has spent many years as a magazine and book editor, and has written articles on a wide range of cultural themes for Harper’s, The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times Magazine, Condé Nast Traveler, and the Columbia Journalism Review, among others. He is the author of a previous book, The Thing Itself, and he teaches in the MFA program at Goucher College.,,,
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