Pity the reader: how to write well. McConnell S.

The leadership guide from the outstanding writer of the 20th century.

Analysis of 14 novels, collections of essays, performances and letters of Kurt Vonnegut.

The book “Pity the reader” - a collection of councils of Kurt Vonnegut by novice writers, his thoughts on writing as craft and art. And this is the biography of the master of American literature, prepared after the death of Kurt Wonnegut by the writer Susan Macconnell, his former student who was friends with him for many years. Vonnegut’s witty and ulcerative recommendations taken from his novels, essays, lectures, articles, interviews and letters, with detailed comments, Susan MacConnell will inspire everyone who chose the writer's path. They will help to understand what and for whom to write, where to look for stories and how not to disappear in a pool of creative stupor and fear. “Pity the reader” - a useful guide for novice authors and an excellent gift to all fans of the work of Kurt Wonnegut.