Literary Miniatures
Distributed for Seagull Books
Translated by Teresa Lavender Fagan
183 pages
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5 x 8
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© 2013
Selected from the pages of Le Monde, the interviews conducted by Florence Noiville are unequaled in literary journalism. In Literary Miniatures, Noiville captures the words and views of some of the best known writers of the twentieth century, engaging luminaries like Saul Bellow, Nadine Gordimer, Aharon Appelfeld, and A. S. Byatt in revealing dialogue. In this collection, Noiville converses with Don DeLillo, reasons with Adolfo Bioy Casares, passes the time with Milan Kundera, and gently interrogates John Le Carré.
Fluent in many languages, Noiville conducted a number of these interviews in the subject’s native language, engaging these extraordinary writers on their own terms. Inimitably intimate, the interviews are a window through which readers can come to know the writers behind some of the greatest works of literature of the last one hundred years. Sure to delight lovers of literature and biography, this book is the perfect expression of the art of the interview and a priceless artifact for enthusiasts and scholars alike.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Translator’s Note
Translator’s Note
Teresa Lavender Fagan
Introduction
Introduction
Florence Noiville
The Salvation of Sleep
Aharon Appelfeld
The Hermit of Vermont
Saul Bellow
Reflecting on the Secrets We Keep
Neil Bissoondath
Conversations with Ghosts
A. S. Byatt
Ficiton Helps Us See and Question Ourselves
Don DeLillo
The Iberindian
Carlos Fuentes
‘I Prefer to Trust in Reality’
Carlo Ginzburg
The ‘White African’
Nadine Gordimer
Ten Words
Yu Hua
Words Full of Sound
Kazuo Ishiguro
Betting on Life
Imre Kertész
Only the Work Matters
Milan Kundera
Triple Agent
John le Carré
Literature Born of a Prison Cell
Carlos Liscano
One: Literature is Not a Diversion
Mario Vargas Llosa
Two: Public Healer
Mario Vargas Llosa
We Have All Experienced Betrayal
Javier Marías
‘Without Writing, I am Lost’
Toni Morrison
Overly Dangerous Zones
Harry Mulisch
‘I Don’t Trust Eternity’
Herta Müller
Soaring Alongside the Divine
Cees Nooteboom
We Are Made of Thousands of Others
Jean-Bertrand Pontalis
‘Nostalgia Makes Me Laugh’
Sempé
Studying the Inner Movements of Awareness
Ersi Sotiropoulos
‘I Write Because I Want to Know’
William Trevor
The Old Robber
Tomi Ungerer
Substance
Thanassis Valtinos
We’re All Actors on a Stage
Enrique Vila-Matas
Works Cited
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