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Letters to a Young Writer

Letters to a Young Writer

by Colum McCann
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/06/2017

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I hope there is something here for any young writer or any older writer, for that matter who happens to be looking for a teacher to come along, a teacher who, in the end, can really teach nothing at all but fire.

From the critically acclaimed Colum McCann, author of the National Book Award winner Let the Great World Spin, comes a paean to the power of language, and a direct address to the artistic, professional and philosophical concerns that challenge and sometimes torment an author.

Comprising fifty-two short prose pieces, Letters to a Young Writer ranges from practical matters of authorship, such as finding an agent, the pros and cons of creative writing degrees and handling bad reviews, through to the more joyous and celebratory, as McCann elucidates the pleasures to be found in truthful writing, for: 'the best writing makes us glad that we are however briefly alive.'

Emphatic and empathetic, pragmatic and profound, this is an essential companion to any author's journey and a deeply personal work from one of our greatest literary voices. 

ISBN:
9781408885031
9781408885031
Category:
Literature & literary studies
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
01-06-2017
Publisher:
Bloomsbury
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
192
Dimensions (mm):
216x135mm
Colum McCann

Colum McCann is the author of seven novels, three collections of stories and two works of non-fiction. Born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, he has been the recipient of many international honours, including the U.S National Book Award, the International Dublin Literary Prize, a Chevalier des Arts et Lettres from the French government, election to the Irish arts academy, several European awards, the 2010 Best Foreign Novel Award in China, and an Oscar nomination.

In 2017 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts. His work has been published in over 40 languages. He is the President and co-founder of the non-profit global story exchange organisation, Narrative 4. He is the Thomas Hunter Writer in Residence in Hunter College, in New York, where he lives with his wife Allison and their family. His most recent novel, Apeirogon, became an immediate New York Times bestseller and won several major international awards. His first major non-fiction book, American Mother, will be published in February 2024.

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