{"product_id":"9780060915445","title":"Living by Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiving by Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e is written for—and dedicated to—people who love literature. Dealing with writers such as Nabokov, Barth, Coover, Pynchon, Borges, García Márquez, Beckett, and Calvino, Annie Dillard shows why fiction \u003ci\u003ematters\u003c\/i\u003e and how it can reveal more of the modern world and modern thinking than all the academic sciences combined. Like Joyce Cary's \u003ci\u003eArt and Reality,\u003c\/i\u003e this is a book by a writer on the issues raised by the art of literature. \u003ci\u003eReaders of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHoly the Firm\u003c\/i\u003e will recognize Dillard's vivid writing, her humor, and the lively way in which she tackles the urgent questions of meaning in experience itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47026543558896,"sku":"9780060915445","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780060915445_p0.jpg?v=1763620701","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780060915445","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}