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Written by Virginia Freedman
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Thursday, 07 August 2008 20:50 |
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BEING WRITTEN by William Conescu Harper Perennial, September 9, 2008 $13.95 ISBN-10: 0061451347 ISBN-13: 978-0061451348 FROM THE PUBLISHER: Daniel Fischer has a secret. He knows he's a character in a book that's being written. He's the only one who knows, the only one who's aware of the author's presence -- but what good does it do Daniel? He's just a minor character. The author seems much more interested in other people's lives. Now Daniel is determined to win a bigger part, and he'll do whatever it takes to get the author's attention and make this story his own.
Suspenseful, subversive, and hilarious, BEING WRITTEN is an audaciously inventive literary turn that gleefully calls into question who we trust, what we believe, and how the stories of our lives are created. ADVANCE PRAISE: "Conescu's light, swift, and nicely structured dark comedy puts to the test a character's ability to outwrite his own author. In the end, the author wins."
-- Publishers Weekly "Being Written is a first novel of great charm, imagination, and wit. Conescu is a dextrous storyteller with a gift for wicked twists and a dazzlingly urbane sense of both drama and humor."
-- Zachary Lazar, author of Sway
"The hero of Being Written hears the author's pencil scratching away and starts performing drastic acts to win more page-time from the book's other characters....I suppose you could argue the hero is simply nuts, but I'd rather argue that William Conescu is simply a genius!"
-- Wilton Barnhardt, author of Emma Who Saved My Life
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 13 August 2008 21:42 |
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Hat's Off!
... to Erika Hoffman. Her non-fiction narrative will appear in the July edition of Sasee. Her story is named, "Effect of Supermoon Beams." |
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