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portada Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative
Type
Physical Book
Author
Publisher
Year
2019
Language
English
Pages
272
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
20.8x13.7x2.3 cm
Weight
0.32 kg.
ISBN13
9781948226134
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Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative

Jane Alison (Author) · Catapult · Paperback

Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative - Alison, Jane

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Synopsis "Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative "

"How lovely to discover a book on the craft of writing that is also fun to read . . . Alison asserts that the best stories follow patterns in nature, and by defining these new styles she offers writers the freedom to explore but with enough guidance to thrive." ―Maris Kreizman, Vulture A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2019 A Poets & Writers Best Books for Writers As Jane Alison writes in the introduction to her insightful and appealing book about the craft of writing: "For centuries there's been one path through fiction we're most likely to travel― one we're actually told to follow―and that's the dramatic arc: a situation arises, grows tense, reaches a peak, subsides . . . But something that swells and tautens until climax, then collapses? Bit masculosexual, no? So many other patterns run through nature, tracing other deep motions in life. Why not draw on them, too?" W. G. Sebald's Emigrants was the first novel to show Alison how forward momentum can be created by way of pattern, rather than the traditional arc--or, in nature, wave. Other writers of nonlinear prose considered in her "museum of specimens" include Nicholson Baker, Anne Carson, Marguerite Duras, Gabriel García Márquez, Jamaica Kincaid, Clarice Lispector, Susan Minot, David Mitchell, Caryl Phillips, and Mary Robison. Meander, Spiral, Explode is a singular and brilliant elucidation of literary strategies that also brings high spirits and wit to its original conclusions. It is a liberating manifesto that says, Let's leave the outdated modes behind and, in thinking of new modes, bring feeling back to experimentation. It will appeal to serious readers and writers alike.

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Annette Kuhn Sunday, March 16, 2025
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Haven't read it yet, so no opinion. It was recommended by someone I trust so I am sure it will be OK.

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 Lindy Newns Wednesday, August 12, 2026
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The sort of book you can dip in and out of. Useful as an antidote to the rules laid down for story, which are Western and laregly white. And old fashioned too!

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