Consider This: Moments in My Writing Life after Which Everything Was Different
By Chuck Palahniuk
Read by Chuck Palahniuk and Edoardo Ballerini
Unabridged
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Library CD (In Stock)
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3 Formats: CD
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3 Formats: Library CD
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3 Formats: Playaway
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ISBN: 9781549103339
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ISBN: 9781549103315
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ISBN: 9781549186899
| Runtime: | 5.87 Hours |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Biography & Autobiography |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
A #1 Amazon.com bestseller in Authorship Reference
A USA Today Pick of Not-to-Miss Books
A Publishers Weekly Pick of the Week
With advice grounded in years of careful study and a keenly observed life, Palahniuk combines practical advice and concrete examples from beloved classics, his own books, and a "kitchen-table MFA" culled from an evolving circle of beloved authors and artists, with anecdotes, postcards from the road, and much more.
Clear-eyed, sensitive, illuminating, and knowledgeable, Consider This is Palahniuk's love letter to stories and storytellers, booksellers and books themselves. Consider it a classic in the making.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“A fine book on writing, full of advice and anecdotes garnered from his career as a novelist, that will help both those aspiring to write bestsellers and those hoping to write from the heart…an indispensable resource for writers.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Ranging from the nuts-and-bolts mechanics to the community of readers, his advice is highly detailed and practical…This is also a scrapbook of his writing life, brimming with personal anecdotes instructive, amusing, or bizarre…Constructive and accessible.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Palahniuk’s snappy advice isn’t always convincing, but he does offer fresh and accessible ideas. Fans will appreciate the insight into his own work…and how he delivers gracious and encouraging wisdom in his characteristically conversational style.” —Booklist
[Palahniuk] reveals surprising humility [with] fresh and accessible ideas. Fans will appreciate the insight into his own work, especially Fight Club (1996), his tributes to friends and forebears, and how he delivers gracious and encouraging wisdom in his characteristically conversational style. —Booklist
For that author who wants to expand his or her horizons and try something new, Consider This by Chuck Palahniuk is the book to pick up. Laugh-out-loud funny[...]there is a world of information in this small book. —p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'}New York Journal of Books
A book for those who want to learn to write dangerously, or perhaps just learn about the man who pioneered 'dangerous writing.' [It'll] inspire you try take a stab at telling your story. —p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'}Booktrib
Tried-and-true practical advice for aspiring writers. —p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'}USA Today
A savvy teacher. [Palahniuk's] advice is highly detailed and practical. —p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'}Kirkus
Grade-A prime Chuck Palahniuk. —p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'}Publishers Weekly
This book from Palahniuk is insightful. —p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'}Dallas Morning News
Chuck Palahniuk's stories don't unfold. They hurtle headlong, changing lanes in threes and banging off the guard rails of modern fiction... With his love of contemporary fairytales that are gritty and dirty rather than pretty, Palahniuk is the likeliest inheritor of Vonnegut's place in American writing. —San Francisco Chronicle
One of the most feverish imaginations in American letters. —The Washington Post
Like Edgar Allen Poe, Palahniuk is a bracingly toxic purveyor of dread and mounting horror. He makes nihilism fun. —Vanity Fair
Dark riffing on modernity is the reason people read Palahniuk. His books are not so much novels as jagged fables, cautionary tales about the creeping peril represented by almost everything. —Time
Author
Author Bio: Chuck Palahniuk
Chuck Palahniuk has been a nationally bestselling author since his first novel, 1996’s Fight Club, was made into the acclaimed David Fincher film of the same name. Twelve of his works have made the New York Times bestsellers list, and his work has sold millions of copies worldwide.
Details
Details
| Available Formats : | CD, Library CD, Playaway |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Biography & Autobiography |
| Runtime: | 5.87 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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