Why you have to read Princess bride by William Goldman (even if you are not a writer)

https://observer.com/2018/11/william-goldman-the-princess-bride-retrospective/

I stumbled in this book. Physically. One day at my favourite bookshop. I wanted to read something different. Here was the answer: Princess bride. I have not been disappointed.

William Goldman is known for being a scriptwriter: one for all? Marathon Man.

Princess Bride is a gourmand book.

Do you want to know why?

Here you are.

1. this is a story of love, an eternal captivating way of rephrasing the magic of love;
2. this is a gem of craft writing book. “I write impulsively. (paragraphing Hemingway: write drunk — )..this sound goods, this not…”.You know also how William Goldman became William Goldman: reading (sounds familiar for us, writer?);
3. this is a story in a story, a book in a book, starting with a research for a birthday present. Planes are overlapping. No confusion, while reading. The style is crystal and clear. Vivid;
4. it seems you are reading a movie. Language is bright. You can see what you reed. So you can read it even if it is a long time the last one you held a book in your hands;
5. this is a story of adventure, the kind of adventure push you directly to your childhood;
6. this is an emblem of the perfect match between dialogue and description an characters building up.
7. when necessary, William intervenes in the narration, and you will discover why, reporting his editor advice.

This a through-the-ink journey you’d not ever miss. You deserve to have in your library.

(Italian publishing house: marcos y marcos)