This is a collection of essays devoted to novel writing talents and writing skills. It consists of twelve letters written by Vargas Llosa to a young novelist who is passionate about writing. In the letter, Llosa shared his lifelong creative ideas and reading experience, and quoted nearly 100 works by more than 80 writers, including Cervantes, Flaubert, Hugo, Hemingway, Kafka, Faulkner, Borges, García Márquez, Robbe-Grillet, Virginia Woolf, Juan Rulfo... He provided penetrating analysis and insights into a series of basic issues regarding technique and form in novel creation.
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It can be regarded as an easy talk about literary techniques. In the section "Narrator's Perspective", I suddenly realized the great possibility of the person "you" in narrative. The section "Connecting Tubes" inspired me the most, so I discovered that the indescribable temperament and style of countless excellent classic novels come from this technique. This is undoubtedly the key to grasp Llosa's novels. Cortázar's short stories have a very high appearance rate, and the "passage method" gives the text a superb gameplay. Maybe it's time to put Southern Highway on the agenda again.
Finally, hugs to you, Xiaosa.
This book is like Llosa's creative secrets for young novelists! He said in the book that "the content of life is the source of watering the flowers of fiction", this sentence is so right! Every story comes from life, and even the freest imagination cannot do without the foundation of life. And Llosa also mentioned that "in the field of literature, there are no purely chemical inventions", which makes me even more convinced that good works have a basis in life. In short, this book is not only in-depth, but also very practical and worth reading!
It can be regarded as an easy talk about literary techniques. In the section "Narrator's Perspective", I suddenly realized the great possibility of the person "you" in narrative. The section "Connecting Tubes" inspired me the most, so I discovered that the indescribable temperament and style of countless excellent classic novels come from this technique. This is undoubtedly the key to grasp Llosa's novels. Cortázar's short stories have a very high appearance rate, and the "passage method" gives the text a superb gameplay. Maybe it's time to put Southern Highway on the agenda again. Finally, hugs to you, Xiaosa.
This book is like Llosa's creative secrets for young novelists! He said in the book that "the content of life is the source of watering the flowers of fiction", this sentence is so right! Every story comes from life, and even the freest imagination cannot do without the foundation of life. And Llosa also mentioned that "in the field of literature, there are no purely chemical inventions", which makes me even more convinced that good works have a basis in life. In short, this book is not only in-depth, but also very practical and worth reading!