Suppose a Sentence

By Brian Dillon

A captivating meditation on the power of the sentence by the author of Essayism, a 2018 New Yorker book of the year.

In Suppose a Sentence, Brian Dillon, whom John Banville has called "a literary fl neur in the tradition of Baudelaire and Walter Benjamin," has written a sequel of sorts to Essayism, turning his attention to the oblique and complex pleasures of the sentence. A series of essays prompted by a single sentence--from Shakespeare to James Baldwin, John Ruskin to Joan Didion--this new book explores style, voice, and language, along with the subjectivity of reading. Both an exercise in practical criticism and a set of experiments or challenges, Suppose a Sentence is a polemical and personal reflection on the art of the sentence in literature.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1681375249
• ISBN13: 9781681375243
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: New York Review of Books, Incorporated, The
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.4"