Paul Auster'la Konuşmalar

by Paul Auster, James M. Hutchisson (Editor), Osman Akınhay (Translator)

Günümüz Amerikan edebiyatının en iyi romancılarından Paul Auster'la yapılan bu söyleşiler, yazarın edebi hayatına şiirle başlayışını, romanlarına dair görüşlerini, yazma alışkanlığı ve yöntemlerini, sonradan girdiği ve sevdiği sinema dünyasında yaşadıklarını anlatıyor...

Genres: Nonfiction

260 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Paul Auster was the bestselling author of 4 3 2 1, Bloodbath Nation, Baumgartner, The Book of Illusions, and The New York Trilogy, among many other works. In 2006 he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature. Among his other honors are the Prix Médicis Étranger for Leviathan, the Independent Spirit Award for the screenplay of Smoke, and the Premio Napoli for Sunset Park. In 2012, he was the first recipient of the NYC Literary Honors in the category of fiction. He was also a finalist for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (The Book of Illusions), the PEN/Faulkner Award (The Music of Chance), the Edgar Award (City of Glass), and the Man Booker Prize (4 3 2 1). Auster was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. His work has been translated into more than forty languages. He died at age seventy-seven in 2024.

Reviews

[Emre · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Sanırım burada hayret uyandırıcı olan, en hakiki anlamıyla yalnız kaldığınız anda, gerçek bir yalnızlık haline düştüğünüz anda, bunun artık yalnız kalmadığınız, başkalarıyla aranızda bir bağ kurulmaya başladığı an olduğunu fark etmeniz." Sf:7

"Hakikat, kurmacadan daha yabancıdır. Benim peşinde olduğum şey de sanırım, içinde yaşadığım dünya kadar tuhaf bir kurgu roman yazmaktır." Sf:16

"Bir roman, dünyada iki yabancının en mahrem halleriyle buluşabilecekleri tek yerdir. Okur ile yazar kitabı bütünlerler. Başka hiçbir sanat bunu yapamaz. Başka hiçbir sanat insan hayatının özündeki içedönüklüğü yakalayamaz." Sf:177

"Hiçbir kitabım yazmaya başladığım zaman tasarladığım şekilde bitmedi." Sf:203

"Savaşta aşağılanma, yenilgi ve inanılmaz sayıda masum insanın ölmesi dışında bir son yok." Sf:251

[Natalia Hernández Moreno · Rating 4 out of 5]

Aside from repetitive questions and multiple interviewers claiming to have read most of his work (while sticking to two or three catchphrases), Auster is always straightforward and, against popular belief, not at all pretentious.

“When I began as a novelist, I thought I had one or two books in me, and yet, here I am, ten years later, still doing it. Beckett compared himself to Joyce by saying: ‘The more Joyce knew, the more he could. The more I know, the less I can.’ As far as I’m concerned, there’s an altogether different equation: The less I know, the more I can.”

[RND · Rating 3 out of 5]

The series of books this volume belongs to insists on the interviews (compiled from different sources over the years in a career) being presented in chronological order. In that way you can track what the subject says, feels, how he thinks, and how that changes. Which is fine. It can get a little irksome when repetition unavoidably occurs. But Auster has wisdom to spare, which makes this an interesting collection.

[Carlosfelipe Pardo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty repetitive interviews (same questions over and over again at least 70% of the time), much more than any of the other “conversations with” I’ve read. Plus you get most of these anecdotes and descriptions from reading Auster’s several autobiographical accounts (there’s at least 3 of them!). I would suggest someone contemplating reading this to just choose one of the interviews and read it by itself in the original.

[Selma Pirim · Rating 5 out of 5]

ömrüne ömür 🤍🩵

[Muge Kocaman · Rating 3 out of 5]

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