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Nabokov's Favourite Word Is Mauve

The literary quirks and oddities of our most-loved authors

Ben Blatt

Nabokov's Favourite Word Is Mauve
Nabokov's Favourite Word Is Mauve

Nabokov's Favourite Word Is Mauve

The literary quirks and oddities of our most-loved authors

Ben Blatt

Paperback | Engels
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Omschrijving

What is your favourite author's favourite metaphor? This book will offer you the answers. Nabokov's Favourite Word is Mauve explores what the numbers can reveal about literature's classics, number one bestsellers and our own writing. 

'What fun this is! Ben Blatt’s charming book applies numerical know-how to questions of literary style, teasing out insights about cliffhangers, adverbs' 

'Ben Blatt’s delightful book gives us an original big data perspective on great writers’ work. Its humour, insights and statistical displays are fascinating to behold, even as it helps us develop our own writing' 

‘It was statisticians, rather than historians, who cracked the centuries’ old mystery of the Federalist Papers—and they did it with mere paper and pencil. Operating in the same investigative spirit—and with the benefit of vastly more powerful tools—Ben Blatt probes the literary canon for unexpected revelations and insights. The result is a literary detective story: fast-paced, thought-provoking, and intriguing. In Nabokov’s Favorite Word is Mauve we learn what separates authors’ great works from their lesser ones, how our literary tastes have changed over the years, and, charmingly, whether some of the writers most prone to dispensing literary advice actually practice what they preach.’

'Illuminating entertainment ... Literary criticism by the numbers'

'Amiable and intelligent ... literature enthusiasts will enjoy the hypotheses [Blatt] poses and his imaginative methods'

'[A] fun and interesting book ... his breezy and engaging volume fulfills its promise to provide the reader with an appreciation or deeper understanding of an author or favorite writer ... and alerts the writer to the trends, patterns and uses of grammar, vocabulary and punctuation in one's own writing'

'Enlightening'

'Nate Silver-esque number crunching meets the canon in this quirky, arresting deconstruction of literature's greatest hits'

'Fascinating ... the book had me humming with pleasure'

'Delivers a statistical study of literature in the vein of Freakonomics ... [Blatt] approaches the subject with the right mix of humour, hand-holding and literary love ... yield[s] insights which would be impossible to recognize on their own'

'Lively ... worthwhile ... Read this book thoughtfully. It's fun. And, I think, the shape of some very interesting things to come'

'Book-lovers will delight in Nabokov's Favourite Word Is Mauve ... accessible, entertaining, and enlightening'

'This is really the most delicious kind of rabbit hole ... If you're a writer, you won't be able to resist it. If you know a writer, give this as a gift and find yourself adored. ... It can be dipped into like a squirrel's nut hoard, enjoyed a quick nibble at a time, or dived into headfirst, one fascinating tidbit leading to the next to the next to the next'

Ben Blatt is a staff writer for Slate, where he has garnered a solid fan following with articles including 'Text Analysis of the Hunger Games' and 'Which Friends were the Closest Friends?' (see included links in the proposal). He is a recent Harvard graduate and a Harvard Lampoon alumnus. Grove released his first book, I Don't Care If We Never Get Back: 30 Games in 30 Days on the Best Worst Baseball Road Trip Ever, co-written with Eric Brewster, this spring - a humorous account of their road trip to all 30 Major League Baseball parks that Ben designed via computer algorithm:

Specificaties

  • Uitgever
    Simon & Schuster Ltd
  • Verschenen
    feb. 2018
  • Bladzijden
    288
  • Genre
    Humor
  • Afmetingen
    198 x 130 x 21 mm
  • EAN
    9781471152832
  • Paperback
    Paperback
  • Taal
    Engels

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