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Genç Bir Romancıya Mektuplar by Mario Vargas Llosa, Emrah İmre

phracci's review against another edition

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5.0

Essendo io un amante degli scrittori che parlano di scrittura, reputo questo un libricino denso di amore, cultura, tecnica, riflessione: un tentativo di razionalizzare l'intuito di uno scrittore magistrale.

timdams007's review against another edition

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4.0

Sometimes a bit fluffy, but nonetheless very interesting read.

tonimp28's review against another edition

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5.0

Lo he leído de la biblioteca pero lo voy a comprar. Y lo tendré siempre cerca, porque me ha parecido muy enriquecedor al mismo tiempo que didáctico. Un libro de referencia para los que empezamos a dar pasitos en el apasionante mundo de la escritura.
Utiliza referencias a varias obras para ilustrarnos sus reflexiones, lo cuál no deja de ser un recomendador de grandes novelas.
Me quedo, entre otras, con esta frase:
"La ficción no es la vida vivida, sino otra vida, fantaseada con los materiales que aquélla le suministra y sin la cual la vida verdadera sería más sórdida y pobre de lo que es."

ferciboy's review against another edition

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Está un poco básico, sobre todo cuando se pone a hablar de elementos formales. Tampoco dice cosas sencillas de manera muy interesante por lo tanto me dio un poco de flojera. 

tsadooni's review against another edition

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3.0

تعلم الكتابة خلال ٢٤ ساعة

paracosm's review against another edition

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4.0

This was fine, I guess. It's composed of a series of letters in which the author explains different literary tools and how they can be used correctly. I agree with most of the points that the author made, but at the same time it wasn’t anything new or mind blowing. I still believe it was worth reading, specially if you are a writer or are interested in analyzing novels.

avialia's review against another edition

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2.25

The book was better than the apselute worst. But I can also not speak highly of it. It was pretty boring and just one tracked. There was only talked about how you can use diffrent littary styles but it did not provide any proper examples of good or bad. 

nourhan09's review against another edition

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4.0

من النــادر ان تـجد كتــاب بهـذا الجمـال ..
نصـائح رائعة وشـرح اكثـر من متـميز ..
اعـجبني كثـيرًا ماوجدته داخل الكتـاب . ♥

katherinevarga's review against another edition

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Only after reading most of this did I learn that Llosa has been endorsing right-wing authoritarianism, which is such a bummer. This small book has some great quotes (I like the bit about the desire to write fiction stemming from a rebellion against reality) and interesting approaches to narrator, perspective, etc.

nguyenht22's review against another edition

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4.0

Clear, concise, and highly useful.