{"product_id":"9781555975302","title":"The Art of Time in Fiction: As Long as It Takes","description":"\u003cp\u003eFiction imagines for us a stopping point from which life can be seen as intelligible,” asserts Joan Silber in \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Time in Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e. The end point of a story determines its meaning, and one of the main tasks a writer faces is to define the duration of a plot. Silber uses wide-ranging examples from F. Scott Fitzgerald, Chinua Achebe, and Arundhati Roy, among others, to illustrate five key ways in which time unfolds in fiction. In clear-eyed prose, Silber elucidates a tricky but vital aspect of the art of fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47055163097328,"sku":"9781555975302","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781555975302_p0.jpg?v=1763754778","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781555975302","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}