Maud Casey
Autor von Over the Water: The Compelling Story of Three Generations of Irish Women
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Maybe Baby: 28 Writers Tell the Truth About Skepticism, Infertility, Baby Lust, Childlessness, Ambivalence, and How… (2006) — Mitwirkender — 127 Exemplare
Mentors, Muses & Monsters: 30 Writers on the People Who Changed Their Lives (2009) — Mitwirkender — 67 Exemplare
Writers On The Edge: 22 Writers Speak About Addiction and Dependency (Reflections of America) (2012) — Mitwirkender — 23 Exemplare
Fairy Tale Review: The Brown Issue — Mitwirkender — 3 Exemplare
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- 1968-12-10
- Geschlecht
- female
- Nationalität
- USA
- Land (für Karte)
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Iowa City, Iowa, USA
- Wohnorte
- Washington, D.C., USA
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- University of Arizona (MFA)
- Berufe
- novelist
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- Casey, John (father)
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- University of Maryland
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The Art of Mystery was published as part of a series on the craft of writing. I knew from reviews that Casey was uninterested in commercial fiction, but her loose definition of mystery as "the search for questions" rather than a search for answers means that she focuses on character and theme to the almost total exclusion of narrative and structure.
I don't know about you, but if I pick up a book about "mystery" as an element of craft, I expect the writer to address conventional concerns about storytelling! This could have been a really compelling extended essay about narratology and epistemology, and how structure and plot support the kind of character revelations (or sometimes, unresolved ambiguities) that Casey finds compelling.
This is not that book, which would be fine if not for the baffling title. Oh well - it was a quick read anyway.… (mehr)