by Michael Frayn · Faber & Faber · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780571204298
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«The Trick of It» is the literary fiction novel by Michael Frayn, published by Faber & Faber in paperback (144 pages, in English).
A literature professor, fascinated by a novelist he studies and admires, writes letters to a friend in Australia telling of his obsession and his encounter with her in London. With irony and humour, Frayn portrays the academic world and the paradox of knowing someone's work better than the author herself, exploring idealisation, creativity and the boundaries between author, reader and critic.
Written by British novelist and playwright Michael Frayn, the work was originally published in 1989; this Faber & Faber edition is from 2000.
For those who enjoy academic satire and contemporary British fiction, with an intelligent and playful tone about literary creation.
Michael Frayn, FRSL is an English playwright and novelist. He is best known as the author of the farce Noises Off and the dramas Copenhagen, and Democracy.
