Broken Estate: Essays on Literature and Belief
Random House (NY), June 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Jacket and book in excellent condition. More
Random House (NY), June 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Jacket and book in excellent condition. More
Picador, July 2009. Trade Paperback. In the tradition of E. M. Forster's Aspects of the Novel and Milan Kundera's The Art of the Novel, James Wood's How Fiction Works is a scintillating study of the magic of fiction--an analysis of its main elements and a celebration of its lasting power..... More
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, June 2004. Hardcover. James Wood's first book of essays, "The Broken Estate," established him as the leading critic of his generation, one whose judgments "are distinguished by their originality and precision, the depth of reading that informs them, and the metaphorical richness of their language" ("Harper's")..... More