Title: The naive and the sentimental novelist /
Authors: Pamuk, Orhan, 1952-; Dikbaş, Nazim,
Publisher: Harvard University Press,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Pamuk, Orhan,; Authors, Turkish Biography.; Fiction History and criticism; Fiction Technique; Turkish literature.
Abstract: Orhan Pamuk examines the relationship between author and reader, discussing the distinction between "naive" and "sentimental" writing, and considering the fundamental elements of a novel--character, plot, time, setting--that tie a reader to a fictional world.
Contents: What our minds do when we read novels -- Mr. Pamuk, did all this really happen to you? -- Literary character, plot, time -- Words, pictures, objects -- Museums and novels -- The center.