I, Grape; Or the Case for Fiction: Essays

by Brock Clarke

Book Overview

In fifteen sharply engaging essays, acclaimed novelist and short story writer Brock Clarke examines the art (and artifice) of fiction from unpredictable, entertaining, and often personal angles, positing through a slant scrutiny of place, voice, and syntax what fiction can--and can't--do. ("Very: is there a weaker, sadder, more futile word in the English language?")

Clarke supports his case with passages by and about writers who have both...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 194672436X
• ISBN13: 9781946724366
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Acre Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.4"