How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One [Paperback]

New York Times Bestseller

“Both deeper and more democratic than The Elements of Style” – Adam Haslett, Financial Times

“A guided tour through some of the most beautiful, arresting sentences in the English language.” – Slate

“Like a long periodic sentence, this book rumbles along, gathers steam, shifts gears, and packs a wallop.”
 —Roy Blount Jr.

In this entertaining and erudite New York Times bestseller, beloved professor Stanley Fish offers both sentence craft and sentence pleasure. Drawing on a wide range of  great writers, from Philip Roth to Antonin Scalia to Jane Austen, How to Write a Sentence is much more than a writing manual—it is a spirited love letter to the written word, and a key to understanding how great writing works.

 

Some appreciate fine art; others appreciate fine wines. Stanley Fish appreciates fine sentences. TheNew York Timescolumnist and world-class professor has long been an aficionado of language. Like a seasoned sportscaster, Fish marvels at the adeptness of finely crafted sentences and breaks them down into digestible morsels, giving readers an instant play-by-play.

In this entertaining and erudite gem, Fish offers both sentence craft and sentence pleasure, skills invaluable to any writer (or reader).How to Write a Sentenceis both a spirited love letter to the written word and a key to understanding how great writing works; it is a book that will stand the test of time.

Both deeper and more democratic than The Elements of Style.A guided tour through some of the most beautiful, arresting sentences in the English language.[Fish] shares his connoisseurship of the elegant sentence.Stanley Fish just might be Americas most famous professor.How to Writel£§