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Since The Paris Review was founded in 1953, it has given us invaluable conversations with the greatest writers of our age, vivid self-portraits that are themselves works of finely-crafted literature. The magazine has spoken with most of the world's leading novelists, poets and playwrights, and the interviews themselves have come to be recognised as classic words of literature in their own right. The series as a whole is indispensable for all writers and readers.This new volume in the series builds on the success and acclaim of the first two editions. The interviews:Ralph Ellison (1955)Georges Simenon (1955)Isak Dineson (1956)Evelyn Waugh (1963)William Carlos Williams (1964)Harold Pinter (1966)John Cheever (1976)Joyce Carol Oates (1978)Jean Rhys (1979)Raymond Carver (1983)Chinua Achebe (1994)Ted Hughes (1995)Jan Morris (1997)Martin Amis (1998)Salman Rushdie (2005)Norman Mailer (2007)… (more)
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The really, really interesting interviews are in my mind those with Martin Amis and Raymond Carver. Where Amis compares himself with his famous writer father (Kingsley Amis) and talks of how they differ and are very similar, not to mention how Martin Amis separates journalism from creative writing. Raymond Carver seems brutally honest in a gentle way, being very frank about his alcoholism and generally coming across as a writer I shall very much look forward to read.
Salman Rushdie comes across as a lad, really, but a well-read and quite funny lad. Not like Jan Morris, who talks about travel fiction, writing techniques, travels and his transexuality in relation to how if affects and has affected him as a writer, especially in relation to his trilogy books which he started writing as John Morris. Evelyn Waugh comes across as an Oscar Wilde-ish person, somewhat blasé.
Norman Mailer concludes the book in good fashion. He's a pretty down-to-earth interviewee and very interesting. Some nice points on Truman Capote.
All in all, another very interesting book.
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ralph ellision (1955), georges simenon (1955), isak dinesen (1956), evelyn waugh (1963), william carlos williams (1964)
harold pinter (1966), john cheever (1976), joyce carol oates (1978), jean rhys (1979), raymond carver (1983)
chinua achebe (1994), ted hughes (1995), jan morris (1997), martin amis (1998), salman rushdie (2005), norman mailer (2007)