Burning down the house
Edición de la obra Burning Down the House
| Autor | Charles Baxter |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Graywolf Press |
| Fecha de publicación | 2008 |
| Número de Cutter | B355b |
What happens to American fiction in a time when villains are deprived of their villainy; when our consumer culture relentlessly insists on happy endings? In *Burning Down the House*, Baxter delves into the dramatic way that social and political circumstances influence the “urgent issues of storytelling.” Did Richard Nixon start a trend of dysfunctional narration that is now rife throughout fiction? Why do we seem to have forgotten the true meaning of epiphany? *Burning Down the House* is Baxter’s first collection of nonfiction and proves he has an equally strong gift for the art of the essay.