Suppose a Sentence
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A captivating meditation on the power of the sentence by the author of Essayism, a 2018 New Yorker book of the year. In Suppose a Sentence, Brian Dillon, whom John Banville has called "a literary fl neur in the tradition of Baudelaire and Walter Benjamin," has written a sequel of sorts to Essayism, turning his attention to the oblique and complex pleasures of the sentence. A series of essays prompted by a single sentence--from Shakespeare to James Baldwin, John Ruskin to Joan Didion--this new book explores style, voice, and language, along with the subjectivity of reading. Both an exercise in practical criticism and a set of experiments or challenges, Suppose a Sentence is a polemical and personal reflection on the art of the sentence in literature.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1681375249
ISBN13:9781681375243
Release Date:September 2020
Publisher:New York Review of Books
Length:232 Pages
Weight:0.68 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.7" x 8.4"
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