Paris Review Writer Interviews 1

The Paris Review Interviews Vol.1

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Writer interviews are the most enduring and celebrated feature of the renowned American literary magazine, The Paris Review. Since the inaugural issue in 1953, featuring E.M. Forster, The Paris Review has consistently published lengthy interviews with the greatest writers of our time. Initially titled "The Art of the Fiction," these interviews have gradually expanded to "The Art of Poetry" and "The Art of Criticism," encompassing over 300 articles to date, covering nearly all of the most significant writers in world literature from the second half of the 20th century to the present day. Writer interviews have become The Paris Review's signature, establishing a paradigm for this unique genre.

From preparation to execution, a single interview often takes months, sometimes even years, to complete. These interviews are not conducted to coincide with the publication of a new book by an author, and therefore have no commercial overtones. The authors naturally discuss their writing habits, methods, moments of difficulty, and literary secrets. The content is witty and has significant documentary value. This, coupled with the anecdotes surrounding the interviews, has made this program itself legendary, earning it the title of "one of the longest-running cultural dialogues in world history."

With permission from The Paris Review, we have selected interviews with nearly 48 writers familiar to Chinese readers and published them in three volumes. The first volume includes the following 16 writers: Craig Capote, Ernest Hemingway, Henry Miller, Vladimir Nabokov, Jack Kerouac, Arthur Updike, Gabriel García Márquez, Raymond Carver, Milan Kundera, Robbe-Grillet, Günter Grass, Paul Auster, Haruki Murakami, Orhan Pamuk, Stephen King, and Umberto Eco.

2012-02-01

人民文学出版社

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9787020132119