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True Stories
And Other Essays
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This collection is ideal for readers interested in thoughtful, wide-ranging essays about literature, faith, culture, and storytelling. Those who appreciate intellectually stimulating writing with a graceful, unpredictable style will find this book especially rewarding.
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An irresistible collection of favourite writings from an author celebrated for his bravura style and sheer unpredictability.
Francis Spufford’s welcome first volume of collected essays gathers an array of his compelling writings from the 1990s to the present. He makes use of a variety of encounters with particular places, writers, or books to address deeper questions relating to the complicated relationship between story-telling and truth-telling.
How must a nonfiction writer imagine facts, vivifying them to bring them to life? How must a novelist create a dependable world of story, within which facts are, in fact, imaginary? And how does a religious faith felt strongly to be true, but not provably so, draw on both kinds of writerly imagination?
Ranging freely across topics as diverse as the medieval legends of Cockaigne, the Christian apologetics of C. S. Lewis, and the tomb of Ayatollah Khomeini, Spufford provides both fresh observations and thought-provoking insights. No less does he inspire an irresistible urge to turn the page and read on.
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Praised for its intellectual breadth and vivid style, True Stories has been described as a career-spanning collection that offers fresh perspectives on books, religion, and technology. Critics highlight Spufford's authority, passion, and wit, noting that he is "incapable of dullness" and has an "addictively quotable" style. Reviewers have admired his blending of fact with fiction and his open engagement with uncertainty, making the essays quietly gorgeous and intellectually rich.
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ISBN: 9780300246667
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 10 September 2019
Country: United States
Imprint: Yale University Press
Audience: General / adult
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Width: 156.0mm
Height: 235.0mm
Weight: 363g
Pages: 360
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About the Author
Francis Spufford is professor of creative writing at Goldsmiths College, University of London. He is the author of several highly praised books of nonfiction, and his novel Golden Hill won four literary prizes including the New York City Book Award of the New York Society Library. He lives in Ely, UK.
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