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Check for Availabilityout of stock. Click on the button below to search for this title in other formats.  This title in other editionsThe Paris Review Book of Heartbreak, Madness, Sex, Love, Betrayal, Outsiders, Intoxication, War, Whimsy, Horrors, God, Death, Dinner, Baseball, Travels, The Art of Writing, and Everything Elseby Editors of the Paris Review
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:For fifty years, The Paris Review has published writing and interviews from the world's most brilliant authors. Here to commemorate its golden anniversary is a breathtakingly diverse and illuminating anthology, with the greatest writers of the last half-century writing on the greatest subjects. It is a unique collection of stories, poetry, thoughts, and observations on the themes of modern life both great and trivial, as well as a compendium of timeless insights into how and why we embark on the processes of creativity and critical thinking. Like the masterful work of the writers included, the book inspires a dizzying range of thought and emotion, holding a mirror to the world we live in and to the reader's own hopes, dreams, fears, and joy. Review:"This astoundingly diverse anthology, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Paris Review, is jam-packed with resonant and provocative work from some of our greatest writers, past and present." Publishers Weekly Review:"This is a truly unique collection from an inspiring 'small' review that has greatly influenced the community of writers that it serves; recommended for all literature collections." Rachel Collins, Library Journal Review:"Invigorating anthology of work from the noted literary journal... Like the Paris Review itself: a high-toned, occasionally old-fashioned, indisputable repository of accomplished writing." Kirkus Reviews Synopsis:For a half-century, The Paris Review has published writing and interviews from the world's most brilliant authors. To commemorate the anniversary, a breathtakingly diverse and illuminating anthology has been assembled. The greatest writers here write and speak upon the greatest subjects of our time: *Lorrie Moore and Raymond Carver on "Heartbreak" *Vladimir Nabokov on SEX *Kurt Vonnegut and Susan Sontag on "War" *Jonathan Franzen on "Betrayal" *Jeffrey Eugenides and Norman Mailer on "Death" *Philip Roth on "God" Inspiring a dizzying range of thought and emotion, the collection holds a mirror to the world we live in and to the reader's own hopes, dreams, fears, and joy. Synopsis:An exciting new anthology from the journal Time magazine called “the biggest ‘little magazine in history.” To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the venerable Paris Review, Picador is proud to publish a unique anthology based on the themes of modern life. Like the work of the writers included, this book will inspire a dizzying range of thought and emotion, serving as a cumulative and breathtaking “mirror” to the world we live in. To appear: Jack Kerouac Norman Mailer Louise Erdrich Jonathan Franzen Gabriel García Márquez William Burroughs Denis Johnson David Foster Wallace Raymond Carver Italo Calvino Grace Paley and many more. The Paris Review has published fiction, poetry, interviews, essays, and art since 1953. They have published the work of William Styron and Truman Capote, Philip Roth and Seamus Heaney, Toni Morrison and Alice Munro, among others, and have interviewed everyone from Vladimir Nabokov to Ralph Ellison to Richard Ford. For fifty years, The Paris Review has published writing and interviews from the world's most brilliant authors. Here to commemorate its golden anniversary is a breathtaking diverse and illuminating anthology, with the greatest writers of the last half-century writing on the greatest subjects. It is a unique collection of stories, poetry, thoughts, and observations on the themes of modern life both great and trivial, as well as a compendium of timeless insights into how and why we embark on the processes of creativity and critical thinking. Like the masterful work of the writers included, the book inspires a dizzying range of thought and emotion, holding a mirror to the world we live in and to the reader's own hopes, dreams, fears, and joy. "This astoundingly diverse anthology, celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Paris Review, is jam-packed with resonant and provocative work from some of our greatest writers, past and present: W.H. Auden, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Jack Kerouac, Elizabeth Bishop, Truman Capote, William Burroughs, Susan Sontag, Joyce Carol Oates, Toni Morrison, Jonathan Franzen, Ian McEwan and Alice Munro, to name just a fraction. Rather than relying on critics to illuminate the craft of writing secondhand, the founders inaugurated a series of interviews with the authors themselves, creating what Plimpton, in his introduction, refers to as 'a DNA of literature'; several excerpts from those interviews are included here. A look at the eras and themes represented shows that the journal's only abiding mandate has been an evolving brand of artistic humanism, which has morphed and adapted to the changing times. How else can one explain being able to jump with such joy and ease from a hilarious and poignant story by Lorrie Moore to an interview with Ted Hughes about his first meeting with Sylvia Plath, then to Allen Ginsberg's loving, sexually charged poem about the life and death of Frank O'Hara? It is a tribute to Plimpton and his cofounders that the entries in this wonderful book can be read in any order, for the reader will be able to see his or her life reflected on every page."Publishers Weekly "This astoundingly diverse anthology, celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Paris Review, is jam-packed with resonant and provocative work from some of our greatest writers, past and present: W.H. Auden, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Jack Kerouac, Elizabeth Bishop, Truman Capote, William Burroughs, Susan Sontag, Joyce Carol Oates, Toni Morrison, Jonathan Franzen, Ian McEwan and Alice Munro, to name just a fraction. Rather than relying on critics to illuminate the craft of writing secondhand, the founders inaugurated a series of interviews with the authors themselves, creating what Plimpton, in his introduction, refers to as 'a DNA of literature'; several excerpts from those interviews are included here. A look at the eras and themes represented shows that the journal's only abiding mandate has been an evolving brand of artistic humanism, which has morphed and adapted to the changing times. How else can one explain being able to jump with such joy and ease from a hilarious and poignant story by Lorrie Moore to an interview with Ted Hughes about his first meeting with Sylvia Plath, then to Allen Ginsberg's loving, sexually charged poem about the life and death of Frank O'Hara? It is a tribute to Plimpton and his cofounders that the entries in this wonderful book can be read in any order, for the reader will be able to see his or her life reflected on every page."Publishers Weekly About the AuthorThe Paris Review has published fiction, poetry, interviews, essays, and art since 1953. They have published the work of Philip Roth and Seamus Heaney, William Styron and Truman Capote, Toni Morrison and Alice Munro, among others, and have interviewed everyone from Vladimir Nabokov to Ralph Ellison to Richard Ford. Table of ContentsGeorge Plimpton, Introduction William Styron, Letter to an Editor Heartbreak Lorrie Moore, Terrific Mother Jonathan Galassi, Elms Bernard Cooper, The Fine Art of Sighing Heather McHugh, Intensive Care Raymond Carver, Careful Joseph Brodsky, To Urania Madness Zelda Fitzgerald, Zelda: A Worksheet Malcolm Lowry, Lunar Caustic Barbara Hamby, Delirium Susan Mitchell, Autobiography Bobbie Ann Mason, Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? Robert Stone, The Ascent of Mount Carmel Sex Donald Barthelme, Alice S.X. Rosenstock, Rimininny! John Updike, Two Cunts in Paris William T. Vollmann, The Art of Fiction CLXIII Louis Begley, The Art of Fiction CLXXII Vladimir Nabokov, The Art of Fiction XL Richard Howard, With a Potpourri Down Under Anthony Hecht, Le Jet d'Eau Rick Moody, The Ring of Brightest Angels Around Heaven Toni Morrison, The Art of Fiction CXXXIV Margaret Atwood, The Art of Fiction CXXI Mordecai Richler, A Liberal Education Love David Foster Wallace, Little Expressionless Animals Rosanna Warren, Cyprian Ted Hughes, The Art of Poetry LXXI Jeanette Winterson, The Art of Fiction CL s20Edmund White, The Art of Fiction CV Kenneth Koch, To the French Language Charlie Smith, Los Dos Rancheros Michael Cunningham, Pearls A.R. Ammons, Everything Betrayal Lucille Clifton, Lorena Marilyn Hacker, Migraine Sonnets Jonathan Franzen, Chez Lambert Joanna Scott, You Must Relax! Beth Gylys, Marriage Song Louise Erdrich, The Beet Queen Outsiders Jonathan Lethem, Tugboat Syndrome Truman Capote, The Art of Fiction XVII Charles Simic, Against Winter Adrienne Rich, Thirty-three Jorge Luis Borges, Funes the Memorious Alice Munro, Spaceships Have Landed Intoxication Jay McInerney, It's Six a.m., Do You Know and Where You Are? Mary McCarthy, Edmund Wilson Stanley Elkin, The Guest William Faulkner, The Art of Fiction XII John Irving, The Art of Fiction XCIII Hunter S. Thompson, The Art of Journalism I William Burroughs, The Art of Fiction XXXVI Jim Carroll, The Basketball Diaries Denis Johnson, Car-Crash While Hitchhiking War Italo Calvino, Last Comes the Raven Paul West, Blind White Fish in Belgium Primo Levi, The Art of Fiction CXL Ezra Pound, The Art of Poetry V Kurt Vonnegut, The Art of Fiction LXIV Peter Ho Davies, The Ends Frank O'Hara, Pearl Harbor W.S. Merwin, Conquerer Harold Pinter, The Art of Theater III Ha Jin, The Dead Soldier's Talk John Le Carr hiché, The Art of Fiction CXLIX Susan Sontag, The Art of Fiction CXLIII Nicholas Christopher, Terminus Geoffrey Hill, A Prayer to the Sun Whimsy Umberto Eco, How to Travel with a Salmon Edward Gorey, The Admonitory Hippopotamus: or, Angelica and Sneezby Eugene Walter Milking the Moon Various, Pomework: An Exercise in Occasional Poetry James Merrill and David Jackson, The Plato Club Horrors Grace Paley, The Little Girl Galway Kinnell, Lackawanna Ian McEwan, The Art of Fiction CLXXIII Joyce Carol Oates, Heat Rachel Wetzsteon, Home and Away Charles Tomlinson, The Broom: The New Wife's Tale Vijay Seshadri, Ailanthus Paul Auster, In the Country of Last Things God Philip Roth, The Conversion of the Jews Pattiann Rogers, The Fallacy of Thinking Flesh Is Flesh Larry Brown, A Roadside Resurrection Robert Bly, The Breath Gabriel García Márquez, The Saint Yusef Komunyakaa, Memory Cave Susan Power, Snakes Death Allen Ginsberg, City Midnight Junk Strains Jeffrey Eugenides, The Virgin Suicides Billy Collins, Picnic, Lightning Seamus Heaney, The Art of Poetry LXXV A.S. Byatt, The Art of Fiction CLXVII Priscilla Becker, Letter After an Estrangement Maile Meloy, Aqua Boulevard Robert Pinsky, The Saving Thom Gunn, Sacred Heart John Montague, Return Norman Mailer, A Work in Progress i0Dinner Daniel S. Libman, In the Belly of the Cat Gary Snyder, Oysters Anthony Burgess, The Art of Fiction XLVIII Marie Ponsot, Non-Vegetarian Jim Crace, The Devil's Larder Baseball Jim Shepard, Batting Against Castro Anne Waldman, Curt Flood Donald Hall, The Third Inning T. Coraghessan Boyle, The Hector Quesadilla Story Travels Jack Kerouac, The Mexican Girl Robyn Selman, Exodus Joel Brouwer, Rostropovich at Checkpoint Charlie, November 11, 1989 Anne Carson, TV Men: Antigone (Scripts 1 and 2) Agha Shahid Ali, A History of Paisley Barry Lopez, The Interior of North Dakota James Baldwin, The Art of Fiction LXXVIII Philip Larkin, The Art of Poetry XXX V.S. Naipaul, The Art of Fiction CLIV Charles D'Ambrosio, Her Real Name The Art of Writing John Ashbery, Musica Reservata J.D. McClatchy, At a Reading John Hollander, Making It Elizabeth Bishop and May Swenson, Correspondence John Cheever, On the Literary Life Ian McEwan, The Art of Fiction CLXXIII Gabriel García Márquez, The Art of Fiction LXIX Mario Vargas Llosa, The Art of Fiction CXX Tennessee Williams, The Art of Theater V Gertrude Stein, A Radio Interview Octavio Paz, The Art of Poetry XLII E.L. Doctorow, The Art of Fiction XCIV Joseph Heller, The Art of Fiction LI Italo Calvino, The Art of Fiction CXXX Chinua Achebe, The Art of Fiction CXXXIX Paul Bowles, The Art of Fiction LXVII s20John Updike, The Art of Fiction XLIII John Mortimer, The Art of Fiction CVI Robert Creeley, The Art of Poetry X Thornton Wilder, The Art of Fiction XVI Wendy Wasserstein, The Art of Theater XII Ernest Hemingway, The Art of Fiction XXI James Salter, The Art of Fiction CXXXIII Don Delillo, The Art of Fiction CXXXV Henry Miller, The Art of Fiction XXVIII William Faulkner, The Art of Fiction XII Elizabeth Hardwick, The Art of Fiction LXXXVII The Contributors Acknowledgments What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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