Beyond The Words: Eleven Writers In Search Of A New Fiction
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Yellowed
At the vanguard of Britain's literary avant-garde, Beyond the Words: Eleven Writers in Search of a New Fiction is a landmark anthology that assembles eleven of the most daring and experimental voices in contemporary British fiction. Edited by Giles Gordon, the collection presents each writer not merely as a storyteller, but as a theorist of their own craft — contributing both original fiction and reflective essays that interrogate the very nature and future of the novel form. The result is a singular volume that captures a pivotal moment of literary self-examination, where narrative convention is challenged and the boundaries of fiction are deliberately and provocatively redrawn. Gordon, a prominent Scottish literary figure and champion of experimental writing, brings sharp editorial intelligence to a collection that stands as an important document in the history of postwar British literature. The contributing writers — who include figures such as B.S. Johnson, Alan Burns, and Eva Figes — argue passionately and idiosyncratically for new modes of storytelling, making Beyond the Words as much a manifesto as an anthology. For readers with a taste for metafiction, literary criticism, and the audacious question of what a novel can truly be, this volume remains as provocative and stimulating today as when it first appeared.
Author: Giles Gordon
Format: Hardback
Published: 1975, Hutchinson of London
Genre: Anthology
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Yellowed
At the vanguard of Britain's literary avant-garde, Beyond the Words: Eleven Writers in Search of a New Fiction is a landmark anthology that assembles eleven of the most daring and experimental voices in contemporary British fiction. Edited by Giles Gordon, the collection presents each writer not merely as a storyteller, but as a theorist of their own craft — contributing both original fiction and reflective essays that interrogate the very nature and future of the novel form. The result is a singular volume that captures a pivotal moment of literary self-examination, where narrative convention is challenged and the boundaries of fiction are deliberately and provocatively redrawn. Gordon, a prominent Scottish literary figure and champion of experimental writing, brings sharp editorial intelligence to a collection that stands as an important document in the history of postwar British literature. The contributing writers — who include figures such as B.S. Johnson, Alan Burns, and Eva Figes — argue passionately and idiosyncratically for new modes of storytelling, making Beyond the Words as much a manifesto as an anthology. For readers with a taste for metafiction, literary criticism, and the audacious question of what a novel can truly be, this volume remains as provocative and stimulating today as when it first appeared.