Suppose a sentence

Resumen del libro

Brian Dillon turns his attention to the oblique and complex pleasures of the sentence. A series of essays prompted by a single sentence - from Shakespeare to Gertrude Stein, John Ruskin to Joan Didion - the 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, this book is a polemical and personal reflection on the art of the sentence in literature.

Whether the sentence in question is a rigorous expression of a state of vulnerability, extremity, even madness, or a carefully calibrated arrangement, Dillon examines not only how it works and why but also, in the course of the book, what the sentence once was, what it is today, and what it might become tomorrow.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;p x{0026}lt;strong Brian Dillonx{0026}lt;/strong (Dublín, 1969) es autor de x{0026}lt;em The Great Explosionx{0026}lt;/em (finalista del Premio Ondaatje), x{0026}lt;em Objects in This Mirrorx{0026}lt;/em , x{0026}lt;em I Am Sitting in a Roomx{0026}lt;/em , x{0026}lt;em Sanctuaryx{0026}lt;/em , x{0026}lt;em Tormented Hope: Nine Hypochondriac Livesx{0026}lt;/em (finalista del Wellcome Book Prize) e x{0026}lt;em In the Dark Roomx{0026}lt;/em (Irish Book Award para obras de no ficción); en Anagrama ha publicado x{0026}lt;em Ensayismo x{0026}lt;/em e x{0026}lt;em Imaginemos una frasex{0026}lt;/em . Es profesor de Escritura Creativa en la Queen Mary University of London.x{0026}lt;/p x{0026}lt;p Fotografía del autor Sophie Davidsonx{0026}lt;/p