On Moral Fiction set off a firestorm of controversy when it was first published in 1978. With a daring not obscured by the author’s extraordinary humaneness of spirit, the book argu...
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Number of Pages: 234
ISBN: 0465052266
ISBN-13: 9780465052264
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Thomas J Bevan @thomasjbevan1
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Oct 17, 2020
Gardner was a great writer, a great teacher and by all accounts a great man. He taught the aforementioned Ron Hansen at Iowa. This book length essay makes a Tolstoyan case for fiction being a vehicle for the telling of eternal truth. For Gardner this is the highest purpose of art. A compelling read and a fit note to end this list on.