New York Times Bestseller
**"Both deeper and more democratic than The Elements of Style"
--Adam Haslett, Financial Times
"A guided tour through some of the most beautiful, arresting sentences
in the English language." --Slate
In this entertaining and erudite gem, world-class professor and New
York Times columnist Stanley Fish offers both sentence craft and
sentence pleasure, skills invaluable to any writer (or reader).
Like a seasoned sportscaster, Fish marvels at the adeptness of finely
crafted sentences and breaks them down into digestible morsels, giving
readers an instant play-by-play. Drawing on a wide range of great
writers, from Philip Roth to Antonin Scalia to Jane Austen, How to
Write a Sentence 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. It is a book that will stand the test of time.