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020			_a9781641773058 (cloth ; acid-free paper)
020			_a1641773057 (cloth ; acid-free paper)
020			_z9781641773065 _q(ebook)
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC
041			_aeng
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050	1	4	_aPN 3331 _bE64n 2023
082	0	0	_a809.3
100	1		_aEpstein, Joseph, _d1937- _939606
245	1	4	_aThe novel, who needs it? / _cJoseph Epstein.
250			_aFirst American edition.
264		1	_aNew York, N.Y : _bEncounter Books, _c2023.
300			_a142 pages ; _c23 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"This is a book about the importance of fiction not alone as an aesthetic phenomenon but as a means of knowledge and discovery. The book argues that superior fiction is able to rise to levels of understanding-of worldly events, of human relationships, of human nature itself-unavailable to other disciplines or forms of learning. It goes on to argue that especially in our day, a time when so many various ideas are afloat, fiction is of the greatest significance. To make its argument the book considers many of the great novels of the western world; it also sets out the importance of fiction to many of the key intellectuals of the past century who were not themselves novelists or even literary men or women. It also discusses the fate of fiction in the current day"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aFiction _xHistory and criticism _xTheory, etc.
650		4	_aNovela _xCrítica e interpretación _939703
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aEpstein, Joseph, 1937- _tNovel, who needs it? _bFirst American edition _dNew York, New York : Encounter Books, 2023 _z9781641773065 _w(DLC) 2022020639
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