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Dust and Light
- Author
- Andrea Barrett
- Narrator
- Teri Schnaubelt
- Publisher
- Highbridge Company
- Publish Date
- 25 February 2025
- Run Time
- 4 hours 12 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
In this thoughtful collection of essays, Andrea Barrett draws from her experiences writing some of the most acclaimed historical fiction of our time to explore the mysteries and delights of the genre. Inspiration found in the past, she argues, can illuminate fiction, just as dust scatters light and makes the unseen visible. Delving into some of the largest questions in the genre—How does a writer find meaningful subject matter beyond the confines of their life? How are scraps of history transformed into a fully formed narrative?—Barrett explores how she came to create some of her beloved works and explores lessons gleaned from the work of such masters of historical fiction as Toni Morrison, Leo Tolstoy, Hilary Mantel, and Colm Tóibín. Candid and elegant, Dust and Light is the perfect book for anyone who loves reading fiction set in the past, as well as for anyone aspiring to write it.
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Details
- Author
- Andrea Barrett
- Narrator
- Teri Schnaubelt
- Duration
- 4 hours 12 minutes
- Release Date
- 25 February 2025
- ISBN
- 9781696618885
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Highbridge Company
- Genre
- Creative writing and creative writing guides, Writing and editing guides, Literary essays, Literature: history and criticism
Synopsis
The celebrated National Book Award–winning writer's intimate exploration of how fact is transformed into fiction.In this thoughtful collection of essays, Andrea Barrett draws from her experiences writing some of the most acclaimed historical fiction of our time to explore the mysteries and delights of the genre. Inspiration found in the past, she argues, can illuminate fiction, just as dust scatters light and makes the unseen visible. Delving into some of the largest questions in the genre—How does a writer find meaningful subject matter beyond the confines of their life? How are scraps of history transformed into a fully formed narrative?—Barrett explores how she came to create some of her beloved works and explores lessons gleaned from the work of such masters of historical fiction as Toni Morrison, Leo Tolstoy, Hilary Mantel, and Colm Tóibín. Candid and elegant, Dust and Light is the perfect book for anyone who loves reading fiction set in the past, as well as for anyone aspiring to write it.
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