Namedropping: Mostly Literary Memoirs - Couverture souple

Elman, Richard

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0791438805 ISBN 13 : 9780791438800

Editeur : State University of New York Press, 1999

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

In the course of the same old race I find myself writing about knowing some people-how fame seems to set some people apart from us, once known: I was astonished by Ernest Hemingway's small, weak handshake when we were introduced at Scribners by John Hall Wheelock and by the jolt of force with which Elie Wiesel squeezed my hand. - from the Preface These are Richard Elman's candid snapshots in prose of the various, mostly literary celebrities he encountered during his four decades as a working writer and journalist-among them Isaac Bashevis Singer, Tillie Olsen, Bernard Malamud, Faye Dunaway, Hunter S. Thompson, and other important artists and writers who were Elman's teachers and, occasionally, adversaries. Engagingly written and never superficial, these portraits and anecdotes in many cases strike to the center of each subject's art. To many readers, these persons are just "names" Elman brings them to life while never simplifying or overdramatizing their work.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: State University of New York Press
• Date d'édition: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0791438805
• ISBN 13: 9780791438800
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 300