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title: "The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative Paperback – October 11, 2002"
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# The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative Paperback – October 11, 2002

**Brand:** vivian gornick
**Price:** 25357CFA
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- **What is this?** The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative Paperback – October 11, 2002 by vivian gornick
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent In-Depth Wisdom
*by P***M on February 11, 2025*

Gornick plainly lays out the heart and soul of story. She unmuddies the mind and provides focus for writing clearly and purposefully. I’m encouraged to clear the fog from my own messages and to know with certainty what I want to say. I recommend this book for all writers.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Finding the link between what you're writing and why you're writing it.
*by K***R on June 6, 2025*

The author makes her point by referencing great works of literature. She plumbs the depths of the loneliness expressed by the writer and explains why the writer wrote the book. Ie Sebald not wanting to have a heart of ice. She celebrates the descpritiveness of the writing with quotes.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A classic but slippery
*by R***T on February 29, 2012*

Gornick's obsession is persona, the truth-seeking and truth-speaking narrator and how that partial, constructed self relates to the tale being told. When you try to apply her interesting principles to some works you like, especially if they are very scenic and narrative-driven, it will drive you crazy. Ditto if you are a writer trying to do what she says you should do. But it's fascinating. And she discusses some really interesting essays and memoirs, many of them uncommon or forgotten classics.

## Frequently Bought Together

- The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative
- The Art of Memoir
- To Show and to Tell: The Craft of Literary Nonfiction (An Essential Guide for Writers)

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