Suppose a Sentence
By
Brian Dillon
Read by
Peter Berkrot
Release:
08/24/2021
Release:
08/24/2021
Release:
08/24/2021
Runtime:
6h 3m
Runtime:
6h 3m
Runtime:
6h 3m
Unabridged
Quantity:
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 flâneur 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.
In Suppose a Sentence, Brian Dillon, whom John Banville has called "a literary flâneur 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.
Release:
2021-08-24
2021-08-24
2021-08-24
Runtime:
Runtime:
Runtime:
6h 3m
6h 3m
6h 3m
Format:
audio
audio
audio
Weight:
0.0 lb
0.5 lb
0.5 lb
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781666110388
9798200776986
9798200776993
Publisher:
Tantor
Tantor
Tantor
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