Living by Fiction

A beautiful repackaging of Annie Dillard's classic work of literary criticism.&quote;Everyone who timidly, bombastically, reverently, scholastically--even fraudulently--essays to 'live the life of the mind' should read this book. It's elegant and classy, like caviar and champagne, and like these two items, it's over much too soon.&quote; Carolyn See,Los Angeles TimesLiving by Fictionis written for--and dedicated to--people who love literature. Dealing with writers such as Nabokov, Barth, Coover, Pynchon, Borges, Garca Mrquez, Beckett, and Calvino, Annie Dillard shows why fictionmattersand how it can reveal more of the modern world and modern thinking than all the academic sciences combined. Readers ofPilgrim at Tinker Creek, An American Childhood, andHoly the Firmwill recognize Dillard's vivid writing, her humor, and the lively way she tackles the urgent questions of meaning in experience itself.