{"product_id":"the-art-of-fiction-9780452281547","title":"The Art of Fiction","description":"In 1958, \u003cb\u003eAyn Rand\u003c\/b\u003e, already the world-famous author of such bestselling books as \u003cb\u003eAtlas Shrugged\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eThe Fountainhead\u003c\/b\u003e, gave a private series of extemporaneous lectures in her own living room on the art of fiction. \u003cb\u003eTore Boeckmann\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eLeonard Peikoff\u003c\/b\u003e for the first time now bring readers the edited transcript of these exciting personal statements. \u003cb\u003eThe Art of Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e offers invaluable lessons, in which Rand analyzes the four essential elements of fiction: theme, plot, characterization, and style. She demonstrates her ideas by dissecting her best-known works, as well as those of other famous authors, such as \u003cb\u003eThomas Wolfe, Sinclair Lewis\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eVictor Hugo\u003c\/b\u003e. An historic accomplishment, this compendium will be a unique and fascinating resource for both writers and readers of fiction.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"STANDARD","offer_id":62242301182339,"sku":"9780452281547","price":27.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/8456\/3587\/files\/9780452281547.jpg?v=1785398050","url":"https:\/\/shopcomics.eu\/products\/the-art-of-fiction-9780452281547","provider":"Shop Comics EU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}