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Interviste con il morto: Scrittori famosi incontrano grandi icone del passato

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Alcuni importanti scrittori si confrontano con i loro miti in tredici interviste impossibili, dove le icone del passato vengono trascinate in conversazioni semiserie, a volte esilaranti, e costrette a fare i conti con l’immagine che hanno lasciato ai posteri. E così Nietzsche si ritrova a tenere testa a un Geoff Dyer sotto effetto di droghe che lo assilla con domande assurde sui concetti-cardine della sua filosofia; Jimi Hendrix si lamenta con Rick Moody che nell’aldilà non ci sono chitarre decenti; Henry James è incalzato da Cynthia Ozick che vuole convincerlo a fare coming out; e Robert Frost si vede messo all’angolo da Evangeline Fife, una giovane e ingenua poetessa creata da Joyce Carol Oates.

208 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 1, 2013

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March 17, 2015
My favourite interviews are Coupland's Warhol and Rankin's Doyle. Had me laughing. Oates' Frost and Miller's Sade was interesting too. The rest feels like fillers to me.
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February 6, 2017
Il primo libro del 2017 non è stato scelto con mano felice. Su 13 interviste, 4/5 sono davvero divertenti, le altre non sono particolarmente interessanti (sembra il compitino fatto durnte le vacanze estive). Dipenderà dal fatto che gli autori non mi piacciono particolarmente?
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May 8, 2014
An idea that was probably best left on paper outside of this book - famous writers interview dead literary heroes. And also Jimi Hendrix. Some of the writers get the voice right and play it for laughs too, other times it's extreme - absurd - navel-gazing. Disappointing, ultimately.
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May 25, 2015
Uneven. A lot of missed opportunities for what could have been really great "interviews." Great concept though!
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April 28, 2017
I adored this collection of fictional interviews. Fine writers interviewed icons of the past. Most of the icons were writers. I liked it when the authors did not worry too much how the interview was happening, just allowing the conversation to happen but for the most part, the pieces were great. I even loved the long story written by Joyce Carol Oates where a female writer interviews Robert Frost. I don't care for her work, but this story, ending all the other fictional interviews, was a perfect ending for a smart and lovely book.
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