BOOK / "MERCY OF THE READER." Kurt Vonnegut

Narrative

Kurt Vonnegut liked to say, "Practicing an art form is a way to make the soul grow." "Have Pity on the Reader" is the very embodiment of that idea, a book about writing and life, and why the two go hand in hand. A master of masters, the author of "Slaughterhouse-Five" and "Breakfast of Champions" was extremely generous with his students: creative, encouraging, unpretentious, fun, and rich in technical resources that also hide the philosophy he had about the art of storytelling. "Find a theme that matters to you and that in your heart you feel should matter to others," was his first rule. And only once the theme was clear, he told his students: "Write to please one person. If you open the window and make love to the entire world, so to speak, your story will catch pneumonia." This book is full of luminous and subtle stories, very useful for learning to write, and also of situations in which Vonnegut shows his most human side: we see the war veteran, the family man, the chain smoker, and the unclassifiable writer whose work has only continued to grow over time.

Translated into Spanish for the first time, this book crystallizes the experience that Kurt Vonnegut deployed for years at the legendary Iowa Writers' Workshop, where figures like José Donoso (a contemporary and friend of Vonnegut) and Raymond Carver also taught.

A different way, with many biographical backgrounds, to enter the work of a fundamental narrator of 20th-century American literature. In fact, his work has recently been published in the prestigious Library of America.

Because of its wealth of advice, examples, and dissections of multiple works, the book is like attending a creative writing workshop.

Title: APIÁDENSE DEL LECTOR:
PARA ESCRIBIR CON ESTILO
Author: Kurt Vonnegut
Size: 14 x 22 cm.
Binding: Softcover
Genre: Narrative
Weight: 530 grams
Language: Spanish
Publisher: Hueders
Year: 2022
Pages: 534