num_pages: 221
description: What do we mean when we say that someone is a writer? Is he or she an entertainer? A high priest of the god of Art? An improver of readers' minds and morals? And who, for that matter, are these mysterious readers? In this wise and irresistibly quotable book, one of the most intelligent writers now working in English addresses the riddle of her art: why people pursue it, how they view their calling, and what bargains they make with their audience, both real and imagined.To these fascinating issues Margaret Atwood brings a candid appraisal of her own experience as a breadth of reading that encompasses everything from Dante to Elmore Leonard. An ambitious artistic inquiry conducted with unpretentiousness and charm, Negotiating with the Dead is an unprecedented insider's view of the writer's universe.
language: English
title: Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing
titlecomplete: Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing
genres: Books About Books, Literary Criticism, Biography, Canadian Literature, Literature, Writing, Nonfiction, Memoir, Essays, Canada
ratings_count: 4467
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY)
category: Autobiography/Memoir
publisher: Anchor