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Free download The Art of Mystery 105 Flickering light in the distance” Casey the author of several critically acclaimed novels reaches beyond the usual tool kit of fictional elements to ask the uestion Where does mystery reside in a work of fiction She takes us into the Land of Un―a space of uncertainty and unknowing―to find out and looks at the variety of ways mystery is created through cha. Another in Graywolf s the Art of series that I ve read My favorite so far remains James Longenbach s The Art of the Poetic Line At least Longenbach s book is the one that stuck with meThe Art of Mystery at first made me think of mystery as in detective fiction That s not what this is about It s about the mysterious in any narrative where the text leaps into the Land of Un uncertainty unknowing unfathomability She does this by looking at how this plays out in character and imagery along with discussions of works by Flannery O Connor James Baldwin and Paul Yoon among others One of the benefits of a book like this is it adds to one s reading list She got me to read Yoon s The Snow Hunters
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Free download The Art of Mystery 105 Racter image structure and haunted texts including the novels of Shirley Jackson Paul Yoon J M Coetzee and Casey’s wide ranging discussion encompasses spirit photography the radical nature of empathy and contradictory characters as she searches for uestions rather than answers The Art of Mystery is a striking and vibrant addition to the much loved Art of serie. This is a beautifully written book but I was hoping for techniues for writing in the mystery genreMaud Casey is a spell binding writer who really cares about the craft That s all clear from this engaging essay about mystery in literature She does a great job describing how to tap into that feeling of mystery showing the audience what they don t know about the story the world and the characters The examples she draws upon are powerful and beautiful and she does them great honor by conjuring up their spectral ualitiesThat stuff was all very useful and fun to read but I don t think I learned anything about writing a mystery plot Clues and red herrings misdirection and the process of getting characters to uncover the truth of the matter none of this was in the book If this was really about The Art of Mystery then I think she missed the bulk of the discussionThe book is pretty expensive for its size 1850 CDN for less than 40000 words and that would have been worth it if this talked about the techniue for writing mystery stories but that didn t happen This should have been called The Feeling and Meaning of Mystery in LiteratureThis makes me want to read Maud Casey s novels but it hasn t taught me much about writing mystery stories
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Free download The Art of Mystery 105 A sensitive and nuanced exploration of a seldom discussed subject by an acclaimed novelistThe fourteenth volume in the Art of series conjures an ethereal subject the idea of mystery in fiction Mystery is not often discussed―apart from the genre―because as Maud Casey says “It’s not easy to talk about something that is a whispered invitation a siren song a. The Art of series from Graywolf Press are among my very favorite craft books and I was keen to read what Maud Casey has to say about the Art of Mystery The subtitle lets the reader know right away that this isn t a book about writing genre mysteries It is a book about searching in the dark through fiction It s a craft book about to uote Maud Casey s mother writer Jane Barnes inchoate reaching in heartfelt darkness Isn t that lovely I ve highlighted enough passages too many probably to give you an idea of the tone of The Art of Mystery If you re a writer read it If you re a reader read it I think you ll find your time was well invested