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Castellani examines the various ways writers have solved the crucial point-of-view problem. By unpacking the narrative strategies at play in the work of authors as different as E.M. Forster, Grace Oaley, and Tayeb Salih, among many others, he offers answers to one of the most important questions faced by writers: who tells the story?
"A writer may have a story to tell, a sense of plot, and strong characters, but for all of these to come together...
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"One has to look no further than the audiences hungry for the narratives served up by Downton Abbey or Wolf Hall to know that the lure of the past is as seductive as ever. But incorporating historical events and figures into a shapely narrative is no simple task. Acclaimed novelist Christopher Bram examines how writers as disparate as Gabriel García Márquez, David McCullough, Toni Morrison, Leo Tolstoy, and many others have employed history in their...