Description
"Failure is the body of a writer's life. Success is only ever an attire."
About the Author
Stephen Marche is a novelist and culture writer who has written for The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, Esquire, and many other outlets, including influential essays about writing and AI. He lives in Toronto with his wife and children.
Reviews
I was considerably amused by Stephan Marche's short but pungent book ... it contains zingers -- Margaret Atwood
A sparkling cocktail of bittersweet jokes and fizzing truth bombs -- Jonathan Coe
More heartening than a thousand cheery Instagram posts * Vanity Fair *
Occasionally when the stars are aligned, someone writes a work as provocative, informed and droll as On Writing and Failure -- Maureen Corrigan * NPR *
Praise for Stephen Marche's The Shining at the Bottom of the Sea: 'The most exciting mash-up of literary genres since David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas * New York Times *
Stephen Marche's charismatic essay ... critiques the romance of being a successful wordsmith -- Barney Horner * New Statesman *
Book Information
ISBN 9781914502088
Author Stephen Marche
Format Paperback
Page Count 112
Imprint Sort of Books
Publisher Sort of Books
Weight(grams) 100g
Dimensions(mm) 176mm * 108mm * 12mm