{"product_id":"how-to-write-like-tolstoy-a-journey-into-the-minds-of-our-greatest-writers-paperback","title":"How to Write Like Tolstoy: A Journey Into the Minds of Our Greatest Writers - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Cohen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA thought-provoking journey inside the minds of the world's most accomplished storytellers, from Shakespeare to Stephen King\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eTHE SPECTATOR \u003c\/i\u003e- \"Richard Cohen's book acted as a tonic to me. It didn't make me more Russian, but it fired up my imagination. I have never annotated a book so fiercely.\"--Hilary Mantel\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"There are three rules for writing a novel,\" Somerset Maugham is said to have said. \"Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.\" How then to bring characters to life, find a voice, kill your darlings, or run that most challenging of literary gauntlets, writing a sex scene? What made Nabokov choose the name Lolita? Why did Fitzgerald use firstperson narration in \u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/i\u003e ? How did Kerouac, who raged against revision, finally come to revise \u003ci\u003eOn the Road \u003c\/i\u003e? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVeteran editor and author Richard Cohen takes us on an engrossing journey into the lives and minds of the world's greatest writers, from Honoré de Balzac and George Eliot to Virginia Woolf and Zadie Smith--with a few mischievous detours to visit Tolstoy along the way. In a scintillating tour d'horizon, Cohen lays bare the tricks, motivations, and techniques of the literary greats, revealing their obsessions and flaws and how we can learn from them along the way.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Cohen\u003c\/b\u003e is the former publishing director of Hutchinson and Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton and the founder of Richard Cohen Books. The author of \u003ci\u003eBy the Sword\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eChasing the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, he has written for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and most leading London newspapers, and appeared on BBC radio and television.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 04, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767790534944,"sku":"9780812987737","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/70cd6cb42be98e4c6be4a0156fbe5937.webp?v=1780317361","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/how-to-write-like-tolstoy-a-journey-into-the-minds-of-our-greatest-writers-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}