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On Failure
Or, On the Peculiar Perseverance Required to Endure the Life of a Writer
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This book is ideal for aspiring and established writers seeking honest insight into the perseverance required by a literary career, as well as readers interested in the creative process and artist resilience.
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Writing is, and always will be, an act defined by failure. The best plan is to just get used to it.
Failure is a topic discussed in every creative writing department in the world, but this is the book every beginning writer should have on their shelf to prepare them. Less a guide to writing and more a guide to what you need to continue existing as a writer, On Writing and Failure: Or, On the Peculiar Perseverance Required to Endure the Life of a Writer describes the defining role played by rejection in literary endeavours and contemplates failure as the essence of the writer's life.
Along with his own history of rejection, Marche offers stories from the history of writerly failure, from Ovid's exile and Dostoevsky's mock execution to James Baldwin's advice just to endure, where living with the struggle and the pointlessness of writing is the point.
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"The Canadian novelist and essayist describes the defining role rejection has played in his career and reflects on its importance in the lives of notable writers, from Ovid to Dostoyevsky and Baldwin."
—New York Times
"I want to buy up a big lot of Marche’s contribution and hand them out to anyone struggling to write."
—Vanity Fair
"[Marche's] writing style is buoyant and funny. [...] When the stars are aligned, someone writes a work as provocative, informed and droll as On Writing and Failure."
—Maureen Corrigan, NPR
"In On Writing and Failure, Marche attempts to reset the way we talk about such struggles [...] His sole prescription is stubbornness. 'You have to write.'"
—Washington Post
Book Details
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ISBN: 9781771965163
Publisher: Biblioasis
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 30 March 2023
Country: Canada
Imprint: Biblioasis
Illustration: Illustrations
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 7.0mm
Width: 107.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 128
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About the Author
Stephen Marche is a novelist, essayist and cultural commentator. He is the author of half a dozen books, and has written opinion pieces and essays for the New Yorker, the New York Times, The Atlantic, Esquire, The Walrus,and many others. He lives in Toronto with his wife and children.
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