Title:
By the book : writers on literature and the literary life from The New York Times Book Review / edited, and with an introduction, by Pamela Paul ; foreword by Scott Turow ; illustrations by Jillian Tamaki.
ISBN:
9781627791458
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York, New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2014.
Physical Description:
xix, 314 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
General Note:
"A New York Times book"
Includes index.
Contents:
David Sedaris -- Lena Dunham -- Neil Gaiman -- Mary Higgins Clark -- Drew Gilpin Faust -- Carl Hiaasen -- John Irving -- Elizabeth Gilbert -- Richard Ford -- Colin Powell -- Dave Eggers -- Sylvia Nasar -- Ira Glass -- Junot Díaz -- Joyce Carol Oates -- Nicholson Baker -- Emma Thompson -- Michael Chabon -- Jeffrey Eugenides -- J.K. Rowling -- David Mitchell -- John Grisham -- P.J. O'Rourke -- Anne Lamott -- Ian McEwan -- Lee Child -- Arnold Schwarzenegger -- Francine Prose -- Jared Diamond -- Alain de Botton -- Dave Barry -- Katherine Boo -- Marilynne Robinson -- Sheryl Sandberg -- Caroline Kennedy -- Isabel Allende -- Anna Quindlen -- Jonathan Franzen -- Hilary Mantel -- Walter Mosley -- Khaled Hosseini -- Jeannette Walls -- Dan Brown -- Dan Savage -- Christopher Buckley -- Curtis Sittenfeld -- James McBride -- James Patterson -- Jonathan Lethem -- Jhumpa Lahiri -- Richard Dawkins -- Sting -- Andrew Solomon -- Malcolm Gladwell -- Scott Turow -- Donna Tartt -- Ann Patchett -- Amy Tan -- Bryan Cranston -- Michael Connelly -- Neil DeGrasse Tyson -- E.L. Doctorow -- Chang-Rae Lee -- Gary Shteyngart -- Rachel Kushner.
Summary:
"Sixty-five of the world's leading writers open up about the books and authors that have meant the most to them. These wide-ranging interviews are conducted by Pamela Paul, the editor of the The New York Times Book Review, featuring personalities as varied as David Sedaris, Hilary Mantel, Michael Chabon, Khaled Hosseini, Anne Lamott, and James Patterson. These questions and answers admit us into the private worlds of these authors, as they reflect on their work habits, reading preferences, inspirations, pet peeves, and recommendations.By the Book contains the full uncut interviews, reflecting a range of experiences and observations that deepens readers' understanding of the literary sensibility and the writing process." -- Provided by publisher.
Added Uniform Title:
OCLC Number:
ocn869770726
Availability:
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