{"product_id":"i-made-a-promise-i-could-not-keep-speculative-essays-paperback","title":"I Made a Promise I Could Not Keep: Speculative Essays - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Homel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBooks and their writers can get into some pretty murky territory when they set out into the world. Some writers, who might be completely reasonable people in the rest of their lives, turn into liars and sneak-thieves when it comes to telling their tales. They might even make promises they know they can't keep. They're not necessarily setting traps or practising to deceive. Something seems like a good idea, and they go for it. Another word for that is \"inspiration.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Each of the essays in this engagingly provocative collection about the morals of writing explores an aspect of what writers do, but you don't have to be a writer to consider the same issues. You just have to be human.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Homel was born in Chicago in 1952 and left the city in 1970 for Paris, living in Europe the next few years on odd jobs. He has published ten novels, from \u003ci\u003eElectrical Storms\u003c\/i\u003e (1988) to \u003ci\u003eThe Teardown\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Paragraph Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction in 2019, and most recently, \u003ci\u003ePrivate Number\u003c\/i\u003e (2025). He has also written young adult fiction with Marie-Louise Gay, directed documentary films, worked in TV production, been a literary translator, journalist, and creative writing teacher. He has translated four books for Linda Leith Publishing: \u003ci\u003eBitter Rose\u003c\/i\u003e (2015), \u003ci\u003eThe Last Bullet Is For You\u003c\/i\u003e (2016), \u003ci\u003eNan Goldin: The Warrior Medusa\u003c\/i\u003e (2017) and \u003ci\u003eTaximan\u003c\/i\u003e (2018). \u003ci\u003eLunging into the Underbrush\u003c\/i\u003e (2021), also with LLP, was his first book of non-fiction. He lives in Montreal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.88 x 4.89 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 14, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47615231983801,"sku":"9781773901893","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0686\/4309\/4713\/files\/ltQOTqjhGW9781773901893.webp?v=1781776240","url":"https:\/\/thoobo.com\/products\/i-made-a-promise-i-could-not-keep-speculative-essays-paperback","provider":"Thoobo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}