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The Plot
by Jean Hanff Korelitz
Jacob Finch Bonner was once a promising young novelist, but his career has stalled into a bleak cycle of professional rejection and uninspired teaching. Now serving as a faculty member at a low-residency MFA program in Vermont, he spends his days fostering the dreams of amateurs while harboring deep resentment for his own lost potential. However, among a fresh batch of student manuscripts lies a story so perfect and a plot so ingenious that it could change everything. Jacob is about to discover that some stories are worth more than just a career—they might be worth his soul.
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- File size
- 0.4 MB
- Published
- 4/14/2021
- ISBN
- 9780571368105
- Formats
- EPUB
Jacob Finch Bonner was once a promising young novelist, but his career has stalled into a bleak cycle of professional rejection and uninspired teaching. Now serving as a faculty member at a low-residency MFA program in Vermont, he spends his days fostering the dreams of amateurs while harboring deep resentment for his own lost potential. However, among a fresh batch of student manuscripts lies a story so perfect and a plot so ingenious that it could change everything. Jacob is about to discover that some stories are worth more than just a career—they might be worth his soul.
What you'll take away
- Explore the psychological toll of creative failure and the desperation of a 'one-hit wonder' author.
- Go behind the scenes of the competitive and often cynical world of MFA writing programs.
- Witness the moral blurring between borrowing inspiration and outright literary theft.
- Experience a tense narrative where a single brilliant idea becomes a dangerous obsession.
- Navigate the internal struggle of a writer caught between integrity and the hunger for success.
