carematters ii review

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"I have all the copies of The Paris Review and like the interviews very much. They will make a good book when collected and that will be very good for the Review."--Ernest Hemingway

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. From Salman Rushdie's daring rhetorical question "why shouldn't literature provoke?" to Joyce Carol Oates's thrilling comments about her own prolific output, The Paris Review has elicited revelatory and revealing thoughts from our most accomplished novelists, poets, and playwrights. How did Georges Simenon manage to write about six books a year, what was it like for Jan Morris to write as both a man and a woman, what influences moved Ralph Ellison to write Invisible Man? In the pages of The Paris Review, writers give more than simple answers, they offer uncommon candor, depth, and wit in interviews that have become the gold standard of the literary Q&A.

With an introduction by Margaret Atwood, this volume brings together another rich, varied crop of literary voices, including Martin Amis, Norman Mailer, Raymond Carver, John Cheever, Harold Pinter, and more. "A colossal literary event," as Gary Shteyngart put it, The Paris Review Interviews, III, is an indispensable treasure of wisdom from the world's literary masters.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Picador; First Edition (October 28, 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 464 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 031236315X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0312363154
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 1.03 x 8.5 inches
Reviewer: Khan
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Get to know what writers think on the art of writing
Review: No piece of writing gets so close to the heart of a writer as Paris Review Interviews. They are the most sophisticated interviews one can read. The magazine has successfully employed knowledgeable professionals to conduct the interviews because the person interviewing a writer must know the writer's work very well. I have read the four series of the interviews and enjoyed all of them. These interviews will tell you about the art of writing because being too theoretical - perhaps it all starts to sound very fake when one writes theories on art.

Reviewer: retired to quilt
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Very entertaining
Review: I purchased this complete set for my hard to buy for son in law who is a professional business writer. He has been glued to these volumes with their interesting interviews for the past several evenings and even reads highlights aloud to us! Its the best present I have ever found for him.

Reviewer: Online Shopper
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Beware: This book is printed on demand.
Review: Beware: this book is printed on demand. I bought it from Amazon and returned it. Sneakily enough, the listing does NOT disclose that that's what you're going to get.The book looked printed at any Kinko's down the street: cheap and unworthy. That's not what I pay for when I buy a book. Print-on-demand books are a disgrace to the publishing industry, and I hope that this godforsaken trend dies out soon, and that wouldn't be fast enough either.

Reviewer: Ann Hill
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Stories of great writers
Review: I bought these for my son who is a very good writer himself. Great vignettes of great writers.

Reviewer: Dog Otis
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Perfect Transaction
Review: Great opportunity to peak in to a conversation with a bunch of great authors.

Reviewer: Barbara Hindanhill
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Book 3
Review: My son in law asked for this and was glad to get it. I will enjoy reading some of the interviews when I visit them.

Reviewer: bentley
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Paris review interviews III
Review: Any one who is interested in writing or writers should read these books. In depth interviews with some of the best writers of the 20th century. Best bargain money can buy.

Reviewer: Skip Morris
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Invaluable for the writer
Review: Great writers, great insights.