Maybe it's just the Charles Burns
cover, but his one looks good to us. We'll be back with our first take shortly.
Here's
what Penguin sez:
"A stellar host
of writers explore the cornerstone of fiction writing: character
The Book of Other People is about character. Twenty-five or so
outstanding writers have been asked by Zadie Smith to make up a
fictional character. By any measure, creating character is at the heart
of the fictional enterprise, and this book concentrates on writers who
share a talent for making something recognizably human out of words
(and, in the case of the graphic novelists, pictures). But the purpose
of the book is variety: straight “realism”—if such a thing exists—is
not the point. There are as many ways to create character as there are
writers, and this anthology features a rich assortment of exceptional
examples. "
The writers
featured in The Book of Other People include:
Aleksandar Hemon
Nick Hornby
Hari Kunzru
Toby Litt
David Mitchell
George Saunders
Colm Tóibín
Chris Ware, and more (we'll let you know who as soon as we find
out)
Book: Paperback | 304 pages | ISBN 9780143038184 | Penguin
retail price - $15.00
copacetic
price
- $13.50
prices and
availability
current as of 24 January 2008