Conversations with Jonathan Lethem

This is an insightful, witty, and erudite collection of interviews with the "New York Times" best-selling author. "Conversations with Jonathan Lethem" collects 14 interviews, conducted over a decade and a half, with the Brooklyn-born author of such novels as "Girl in Landscape", "Motheriess Brooklyn", "The Fortress of Solitude", "Chronic City", and many others, that cover a wide range of subjects, from what it means to incorporate genre into literature, to the impact of his mother's death on his life and work. Lethem also reveals the many literary and pop culture influences that have informed his writing life. Readers will find Lethem as charming and generous and intelligent as his work. His examination of what it means to live a creative life will reverberate and enlighten scholars and fans alike. His thoughts on science fiction, intellectual property, literary realism, genre, movies, and rock 'n roll are articulated with style throughout the collection, as are his comments on his own development as a craftsman.

ISBN 160473972X   Pages 224 ISBN13 9781604739725 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 340 Publisher University Press of Mississippi   Published in Jackson Imprint University Press of Mississippi   Height (mm) 229 Format Paperback   Width (mm) 152 Publication date 28 May 2012   Spine width (mm) 16 DEWEY 813.54   Academic level General DEWEY edition DC23

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