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OverviewA dazzling collection of profiles and interviews by the preeminent American cultural essayist of our time. In these 39 lively essays and profiles, best-selling novelist and biographer Edmund White draws on his wide reading and his sly good humour to illuminate some of the most influential writers, artists, and cultural icons of the past century: among them, Marcel Proust, Catherine Deneuve, George Eliot, Andy Warhol, Andre Gide, David Geffen, and Robert Mapplethorpe. Whether he's praising Nabokov's sensuality, or critiquing Elton John's walk ( as though he's a wind-up doll that's been overwound and sent heading for the top of the stairs ), or describing serendipitous moments in his seven-year-long research into the life of Genet, White is unfailingly observant, erudite, and entertaining. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Edmund White (Edmund White)Publisher: Cleis Press Imprint: Cleis Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.699kg ISBN: 9781573441957ISBN 10: 1573441953 Pages: 376 Publication Date: 10 January 2004 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely Availability: Out of stock Table of ContentsReviewsWhite has a novelist's eye for the telling detail or the remarkable place. - New York Times As a writer, White possesses the rare combination of a poetic sense of language and an ironic sense of humour. - Newsweek From the first few pages, I was ready to give myself over to his wanderings, just to find out where he would go next...Edmund White tells such a good story that I'm ready to listen to anything he wants to talk about. - New York Times Author InformationEdmund White is the author of 20 books including A Boy's Own Story, The Farewell Symphony and the National Book Critics Circle Award winning Genet: a Biography. He is also a regular contributor to The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review and Vanity Fair. He directs the creative writing program at Princeton University and lives in New York City. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |