The Art of Fiction: A Guide for Writers and Readers

The Art of Fiction: A Guide for Writers and Readers Paperback – January 1, 2000 by Ayn Rand (Author).

In 1958, Ayn Rand, already the world-famous author of such bestselling books as Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead, gave a private series of extemporaneous lectures in her own living room on the art of fiction. Tore Boeckmann and Leonard Peikoff for the first time now bring readers the edited transcript of these exciting personal statements. The Art of Fiction offers invaluable lessons, in which Rand analyzes the four essential elements of fiction: theme, plot, characterization, and style. She demonstrates her ideas by dissecting her best-known works, as well as those of other famous authors, such as Thomas Wolfe, Sinclair Lewis, and Victor Hugo. An historic accomplishment, this compendium will be a unique and fascinating resource for both writers and readers of fiction.

Product details

• Format Paperback | 192 pages
• Dimensions 136 x 200 x 11mm | 170g
• Publication date 01 Jan 2000
• Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
• Imprint New American Library
• Publication City/Country New York, United States
• Language English
• ISBN10 0452281547
• ISBN13 9780452281547