First You Write a Sentence.
«Thoughtful reflections on how to write well»
John Mullan, Guardian Review
A style guide by stealth - how anyone can write well (and can enjoy good writing). Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 240
- ISBN
- 9780241978511
- Utgivelsesår
- 2019
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
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«Thoughtful reflections on how to write well»
John Mullan, Guardian Review
«Joe Moran is the most perceptive and original observer of British life that we have»
Matthew Engel
«Moran has fast become Britain's foremost explorer and explainer of the disregarded»
Juliet Gardiner, author of 'Wartime: Britain 1939-1945'
«Moran is a wonderful, witty writer, and here he surpasses himself»
Marcus Berkmann (on Shrinking Violets), Daily Mail
«Compelling . . . There's plenty in Moran's book to delight grammar and language nerds»
Daniel Hahn, The Spectator
«Humane and witty . . . as a primer in generous and lively writing, First You Write a Sentence is blithe and convincing»
New York Times
«Exquisite...Moran's own sentences are so deliciously epigrammatic that I considered giving up chocolate in favour of re-reading his book...He is more mentor than instructor»
Irina Dumitrescu, TLS
«Joe Moran has a genius for turning the prosaic poetic»
Peter Hennessy