The Lost Suitcase

In an insightful and original meditation on the writer's craft that is by turns descriptive and prescriptive, Delbanco explores how literary virtuosity is achieved, how the writing of fiction can be taught, and the way literature functions for writer and reader equally. The book includes a novella called "The Lost Suitcase," revolving around a famous anecdote about Hemingway's early work and how it came to be lost.

Andy Brumer

Engaging . . . [The Lost Suitcaseis] distinguished by its technical virtuosity, self-reflexive perspective and an improvisational modus operandi.

Nicholas Delbanco is Robert Frost Collegiate Professor at the University of Michigan and the author of eighteen books of fiction and nonfiction, including Old Scores; Group Portrait: Conrad, Crane, Ford, James, and Wells; Running in Place: Scenes from the South of France; and The Writers'Trade and Other Stories. A founding director of the Bennington Writing Workshops, he directs the Hopwood Awards Program and teaches writing at the University of Michigan.