How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One

How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One

<p><strong><em>New York Times </em>Bestseller</strong></p><p><strong><em>“</em>Both deeper and more democratic than<em> The Elements of Style” – Adam Haslett, Financial Times</em></strong></p><p><strong>“A guided tour through some of the most beautiful, arresting sentences in the English language.” – <em>Slate</em></strong></p><p><strong>“Like a long periodic sentence, this book rumbles along, gathers steam, shifts gears, and packs a wallop.”<br/> —Roy Blount Jr.</strong></p><p>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, <em>How to Write a Sentence </em>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.</p><p><br/> </p>