Writers at the Movies: 26 Contemporary Authors Celebrate 26 Memorable Movies
- ISBN-10
- 0060954914
- ISBN-13
- 9780060954918
- Category
- Performing Arts
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000-11-14
- Publisher
- Harper Collins
- Author
- Jim Shepard
Description
In this anthology twenty-six contemporary fiction writers and poets offer short essays on a single movie that inspired, seduced, horrified, or fascinated them, giving readers a rare glimpse of the writer's perspective on film.
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