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The Nearest Thing To Life
James Wood
Argues that, of all the arts, fiction has a unique ability to describe the shape of our lives, and to rescue the texture of those lives from death and historical oblivion.
144 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | April 16, 2015 |
| ISBN13 | 9780224102049 |
| Publishers | Vintage Publishing |
| Pages | 144 |
| Dimensions | 137 × 205 × 18 mm · 280 g |
| Language | English |
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