Journal of the Fictive Life

by Howard Nemerov

Book Overview

"The only way out," writes Howard Nemerov, "is the way through, just as you cannot escape death except by dying. Being unable to write, you must examine in writing this being unable, which becomes for the present--henceforth?--the subject to which you are condemned." This is the record of the struggle to compose a novel; a struggle transformed by Nemerov into a far-reaching exploration of the creative process itself.

"He often shows bravery...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226572617
• ISBN13: 9780226572611
• Release Date: July 1981
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 8.0"