Peter Turchi with A MUSE AND A MAZE

Description


With his characteristic genius for finding connections between writing and the stuff of our lives, Peter Turchi ventures into new and even more surprising territory. In A Muse and a Maze, Turchi draws out the similarities between writing and puzzle-making and its flip-side, puzzle-solving. As he teases out how mystery lies at the heart of all storytelling, he uncovers the magic — the creation of credible illusion — that writers share with the likes of Houdini and master magicians. In Turchi’s associative narrative, we learn about the history of puzzles, their obsessive quality, and that Benjamin Franklin was a devotee of an ancient precursor of sudoku called Magic Squares. Applying this rich backdrop to the requirements of writing, Turchi reveals as much about the human psyche as he does about the literary imagination and the creative process.

Books: 
A Muse and a Maze: Writing as Puzzle, Mystery, and Magic By Peter Turchi Cover Image
$29.95
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ISBN: 9781595341938
Published: Trinity University Press - November 11th, 2014

With his characteristic talent for finding connections between writing and the stuff of our lives, Peter Turchi ventures into new and even more surprising territory. In A Muse and a Maze, Turchi draws out the similarities between writing and puzzle-making and its flip-side, puzzle-solving.


Event date: 
Thursday, February 19, 2015 - 6:00pm
160 Courthouse Sq
38655-3914 Oxford
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