Narrative fiction vs The writer's book of memory: Which Should You Read?
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Narrative fiction
What is a narrative? What is narrative fiction? How does it differ from other kinds of narrative? Shlomith Rimmon-Kenan provides a synthesis of contemporary approaches to narrative fiction, considering in particular…
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The writer's book of memory
Memory has long been ignored by rhetoricians because the written word has made memorization virtually obsolete. Recently however, as part of a revival of interest in classical rhetoric, scholars have begun to realize…
The verdict
- Very close on paper — pick by the themes that pull you more.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Narrative fiction | The writer's book of memory | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (320) | — |
Reception
| Narrative fiction | The writer's book of memory | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 320 | — |
| Editions | 12 | 6 |
| Citations | 629 | — |
| Want to read | 291 | — |
| Reading it now | 25 | — |
| Written reviews | 25 | — |
| Pages | 192 | 153 |