{"product_id":"9780143038184","title":"The Book of Other People","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stellar host of writers explore the cornerstone of fiction writing: character\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Book of Other People\u003c\/i\u003e is about character. Twenty-five or so outstanding writers have been asked by Zadie Smith to make up a fictional character. By any measure, creating character is at the heart of the fictional enterprise, and this book concentrates on writers who share a talent for making something recognizably human out of words (and, in the case of the graphic novelists, pictures). But the purpose of the book is variety: straight \"realism\"-if such a thing exists-is not the point. There are as many ways to create character as there are writers, and this anthology features a rich assortment of exceptional examples. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe writers featured in \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Other People\u003c\/i\u003e include:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Aleksandar Hemon\u003cbr\u003e Nick Hornby\u003cbr\u003e Hari Kunzru\u003cbr\u003e Toby Litt\u003cbr\u003e David Mitchell\u003cbr\u003e George Saunders\u003cbr\u003e Colm Tóibín\u003cbr\u003e Chris Ware, and more\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47008522076400,"sku":"9780143038184","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780143038184_p0.jpg?v=1763656364","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780143038184","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}