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Novas conversas de escritores
A grande entrevista literária está de volta. José Rodrigues dos Santos sentou-se com alguns dos maiores escritores da literatura universal contemporânea e falou com eles sobre as suas obras e a arte da escrita. Novas Conversas de Escritores revela-nos as reflexões dos grandes autores do nosso tempo sobre a vida, o mundo e a escrita. Os seus pensamentos desfilaram pela antena da RTP-Informação no mais inteligente programa da televisão portuguesa. Doze grandes escritores, doze grandes conversas. Olhos nos olhos, este livro traz-nos as palavras de doze dos principais escritores da literatura universal contemporânea, de Philip Roth a Amin Maalouf, de Ken Follett a Umberto Eco, de Arturo Pérez-Reverte a Paul Auster - e ainda as histórias de bastidores dos encontros destes grandes autores com José Rodrigues dos Santos. Os autores entrevistados sã Paul Théroux, Jeffery Deaver, Ken Follet, Martin Amis, Hubert Reeves, Amin Maalouf, Robin Cook, Peter Carey, Paul Auster, Umberto Eco, Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Philip Roth.
264 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 2012
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About the author
José Rodrigues dos Santos
61 books2,252 followersJosé Rodrigues dos Santos is the bestselling novelist in Portugal. He is the author of five essays and eight novels, including Portuguese blockbusters Codex 632, which sold 192 000 copies, The Einstein Enigma, 178 000 copies, The Seventh Seal, 190 000 copies, and The Wrath of God, 176 000 copies. His overall sales are above one million books, astonishing figures considering Portugal’s tiny market.
José’s fiction is published or is about to be published in 17 languages. His novel The Wrath of God won the 2009 Porto Literary Club Award and his other novel Codex 632 was longlisted for the 2010 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.
His first novel, The Island of Darkness, is in the process of being adapted for cinema by one of Portugal’s leading film directors, Leonel Vieira.
José is also a journalist and a university lecturer. He works for Portuguese public television, where he presents RTP’s Evening News. As a reporter he has covered wars around the globe, including Angola, East Timor, South Africa, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Iraq, Bosnia, Serbia, Lebanon and Georgia. He has been awarded three times by CNN for his reporting and twice by the Portuguese Press Club.
José teaches journalism at Lisbon’s New University and has a Ph. D. on war reporting.
José’s fiction is published or is about to be published in 17 languages. His novel The Wrath of God won the 2009 Porto Literary Club Award and his other novel Codex 632 was longlisted for the 2010 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.
His first novel, The Island of Darkness, is in the process of being adapted for cinema by one of Portugal’s leading film directors, Leonel Vieira.
José is also a journalist and a university lecturer. He works for Portuguese public television, where he presents RTP’s Evening News. As a reporter he has covered wars around the globe, including Angola, East Timor, South Africa, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Iraq, Bosnia, Serbia, Lebanon and Georgia. He has been awarded three times by CNN for his reporting and twice by the Portuguese Press Club.
José teaches journalism at Lisbon’s New University and has a Ph. D. on war reporting.
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November 27, 2012
Once more, José Rodrigues dos Santos manages to write a very interesting book about his interviews of Writers. Because he is, himself, a Writer, he asks really interesting questions for those of us who are passionate about the process of writing, how great writers get their ideas or how they structure their romances, etc..
The answers of each writer are quite interesting as well.
This book is a product of a series of filmed interviews made by José Rodrigues dos Santos for RTP - the Portuguese public TV, with a series of world known writers.
I loved those that I watched on TV but somehow the book appeals even more, because in it the Author includes an introduction to each interview in which he tells of the way he met the different writers (often at their homes) and of their (even more interesting) informal talks before the "official" interview.
Absolutely a good read!
Maria Carmo
Lisbon, Th. November 2012.
The answers of each writer are quite interesting as well.
This book is a product of a series of filmed interviews made by José Rodrigues dos Santos for RTP - the Portuguese public TV, with a series of world known writers.
I loved those that I watched on TV but somehow the book appeals even more, because in it the Author includes an introduction to each interview in which he tells of the way he met the different writers (often at their homes) and of their (even more interesting) informal talks before the "official" interview.
Absolutely a good read!
Maria Carmo
Lisbon, Th. November 2012.
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