description: Twenty-four essays by the modern master of literary criticism, ranging from discussion of Gertrude Stein and Jorge Luis Borges to Henry James and "The Evil Demiurge."
language: English
title: Fiction and the Figures of Life
titlecomplete: Fiction and the Figures of Life
genres: Crafts, Books About Books, American, Literature, Criticism, Essays, Philosophy, Writing, Literary Criticism, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 307
publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks