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The set of terms below were proposed in 1949 by AB Bookman's Weekly. They were adopted by the bookselling community and are still in use today. [1] [2] [3] As new means that the book is in the state that it should have been in when it left the publisher. This is the equivalent of mint condition in numismatics.
Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...
According to Alastair Fowler, the following elements can define genres: organizational features (chapters, acts, scenes, stanzas); length; mood; style; the reader's role (e.g., in mystery works, readers are expected to interpret evidence); and the author's reason for writing (an epithalamion is a poem composed for marriage). [3]
List of books by Graham Greene; List of books by Clive Hamilton; List of books by Friedrich Hayek; List of works by Søren Kierkegaard; List of works by Stephen King; List of books by Astrid Lindgren; List of works by H. P. Lovecraft; List of books by Amory Lovins; List of books by Martin Luther; List of books by Madonna; List of books by ...
A Fine Balance is the second novel by Rohinton Mistry, published by McClelland and Stewart in 1995. Set in "an unidentified city" in India, initially in 1975 and later in 1984 during the turmoil of The Emergency, [2] the book focuses on four characters from varied backgrounds – Dina Dalal, Ishvar Darji, his nephew Omprakash Darji, and the young student Maneck Kohlah – who come together and ...
The list was compiled by a team of critics and editors at The New York Times and, with the input of 503 writers and academics, assessed the books based on their impact, originality, and lasting influence. The selection includes novels, memoirs, history books, and other nonfiction works from various genres, representing well-known and emerging ...
HBO is developing a long-awaited adaptation of Rohinton Mistry’s critically acclaimed, award-winning novel “A Fine Balance,” Variety can reveal. The seven-part series is being produced by ...
Constrained writing is a literary technique in which the writer is bound by some condition that forbids certain things or imposes a pattern. [ 1 ] Constraints are very common in poetry , which often requires the writer to use a particular verse form.