Writers at Work: The Paris Review Interviews

Writers At Work: The Paris Review Interviews

by Various (Editor)

For many years the "Paris Review" interviews have been justly famous for giving deeper insight and understanding of the creative process. In this selection from the interviews, 15 writers discuss what they think of their own, and other people's work, their lives and the problems of writing in the contemporary world.

314 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1957

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Reviews

[Haniye_Mirkamali · Rating 3 out of 5]

خوانش: ۲۸ فروردین ۰۱
ساعک ۱۸:۴۲

مصاحبه با همینگوی رو خیلی دوسداشتم..♡
دو ستاره برای همینگوی و یک ستاره برای فاکنر..
بقیه‌ی مصاحبه ها رو دوسنداشتم :((

[حامد · Rating 3 out of 5]

طبیعی است که برای رسیدن به موفقیت در هر زمینه‌ای باید به الگو‌ها چشم دوخت. ویکی از جاهایی که این الگو‌ها اسرار خود را فاش می‌کنند مصاحبه‌ها است.

این کتاب ۵ مصاحبه از رمان‌نویس‌های بزرگ دنیا را ترجمه کرده است؛ در این گفتگو‌ها فورستر، فاکنر، همینگوی، هاکسلی و سیمنون اسرار و فنون کار‌شان را به صورت صمیمی و ساده بیان می‌کنند.

و البته که حدود یک پنجم از سوالات مربوط به رمان‌‌های این نویسندگان است و نیاز به خوانش این رمان‌ها دارد، ولی آن‌قدر هم تخصصی نیست که بدون خواندن آن رمان‌ها نتوان از پاسخ‌ها سر درآورد.

از نکات قابل توجه این کتاب؛ برخورداری از دو فهرست کتاب‌ها و اشخاص به صورت جداگانه و به ترتیب حروف الفبا، می‌باشد.

[Moien Nayebi · Rating 2 out of 5]

یک ستاره به خاطر مصاحبه‌ی همینگ‌وی، نیم‌ستاره برای فاکتر و نیم‌ستاره با تخفیف هم برای سیمنون.

[Michael Castro · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed most of the interviews in this selection of Writers At Work with the exception of Ginsberg whom I found quite interesting at first, but then it got rather vulgar to a point that I ended up skipping to the next one. My favorite interviews were with T.S Eliot, E.M Forster, Hemmingway, and Waugh, Reading through the interviews I felt that I got a chance to get to know them more as individuals and more importantly as writers sharing some of the secrets of their craft.

[Aliope · Rating 4 out of 5]

مصاحبه های شیرین و جذابی داشت . یعنی قشنگ میتونی تفکرات نویسنده ها و عقایدشون رو در برخی از جملات اونها بخونی
مصاحبه ی فاکنر رو دوست داشتم
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[Henry Sturcke · Rating 3 out of 5]

This anthology is the first selection of interviews from Paris Review. The quality varies, as does the focus of each interview. Some of them are very much “writers on writing” — the interview with venerable old E. M. Forster, for example, provides some interesting insights into structure and character development. An interview with Georges Simenon, who seems bent on demystifying the work of the writer in the best Trollope tradition, was an illuminating juxtaposition. The interview with Boris Pasternak, on the other hand, is more like a fan letter. I grew bored as well with Ginsberg’s logorrhea. I am open to the possibility of mystical experience, but the Blake experience Ginsberg loved to talk at length about (the account given here appears nearly word for word in at least two other portraits) sounds more to me like an episode of mental illness. I enjoyed most of the interviews, though, particular those with Pound, Eliot, and Frost. Each of the fifteen writers (unfortunately all male) has a persona on display. In that context, it seemed normal for Hemingway to play Hemingway. In fact, he didn’t even seem as much a poseur as did Faulkner (an interview I enjoyed nevertheless). Most writers refrained from passing judgment on contemporaries. All the more striking, then, how many mentioned Faulkner, and how widely divergent the opinions were. It’s been a long time since I read The Sound and the Fury and a couple of his stories. I’m going to have another go at him and make up my own mind.

[Daphnée Kwong Waye · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a very helpful book for aspiring writers I believe, since through its pages we come to discover the ways of writing of our old masters, from whom we can draw inspiration, who are our models, even if we are modern writers and are thus different. Nevertheless, we always learn from our elders. So it's a must read!