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By the book : writers on literature and the literary life from the New York Times Book Review / edited and with an introduction by Pamela Paul ; foreword by Scott Turow ; illustrations by Jillian Tamaki.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: English Publisher: New York, New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2014Edition: First editionDescription: xix, 314 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781627791458 (cloth)
  • 1627791450 (cloth)
Other title:
  • New York Times book review
Uniform titles:
  • New York Times book review.
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 809
LOC classification:
  • PN 452 B993 2014
Contents:
David Sedaris Lena Dunham Neil Gaiman Marry Higgins Clark Drew Gilpin Faust Carl Hiaasen John Irving Elizabeth Gilbert Richard Ford Colin Powell Dave Eggers Sylvia Nasar Ira Glass Junot Diaz Joyce Carol Oates Nicholson Baker Emma Thompson Michael Chabon Jeffrey Eugenides J. K. Rowling David Mitchell John Grisam P.J. O'Rourke Anne Lamott Ian McEwan Lee Child Arnold Schwarzenegger Francine Prose Jared Diamond Alain de Botton Dave Barry Katherine Boo Marilynne Robinson Sheryl Sandberg Caronline Kennedy Isabel Allende Anna Quindlen Jonathan Franzen Hilary Mantel Walter Mosley Khaled Hosseini Jeannette Walls Dan Brown Dan Savage Christopher Buckley Curtis Sittenfeld James McBride James Patterson Jonathan Lethem Jhumpa Lahiri Richard Dawkins Sting Andrew Solomon Malcolm Gladwell Scott Turow Donna Tartt Ann Patchett Amy Tan Bryan Cranston Michael Connelly Neil deGrasse Tyson E.L. Doctorow Chang-Rae Lee Gary Shteyngart Rachel Kushner Acknowledgments Index.
Summary: "Sixty-five of the world's leading writers open up about the books and authors that have meant the most to them. Every Sunday, readers of The New York Times Book Review turn with anticipation to see which novelist, historian, short story writer, or artist will be the subject of the popular "By the Book" feature. These wide-ranging interviews are conducted by Pamela Paul, the editor of the Book Review, and here she brings together sixty-five of the most intriguing and fascinating exchanges, featuring personalities as varied as David Sedaris, Hilary Mantel, Michael Chabon, Khaled Hosseini, Anne Lamott, and James Patterson. These questions and answers admit us into the private worlds of these authors, as they reflect on their work habits, reading preferences, inspirations, pet peeves, and recommendations.By the Book contains the full uncut interviews, reflecting a range of experiences and observations that deepens readers' understanding of the literary sensibility and the writing process. It also features dozens of sidebars that reveal the commonalities and conflicts among the participants, underscoring those influences that are truly universal and those that remain matters of individual taste.If you are a devoted reader, By the Book is a way to invite sixty-five of the most interesting guests into your world. It's a book party not to be missed"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes index.

"A New York Times book"

David Sedaris
Lena Dunham
Neil Gaiman
Marry Higgins Clark
Drew Gilpin Faust
Carl Hiaasen
John Irving
Elizabeth Gilbert
Richard Ford
Colin Powell
Dave Eggers
Sylvia Nasar
Ira Glass
Junot Diaz
Joyce Carol Oates
Nicholson Baker
Emma Thompson
Michael Chabon
Jeffrey Eugenides
J. K. Rowling
David Mitchell
John Grisam
P.J. O'Rourke
Anne Lamott
Ian McEwan
Lee Child
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Francine Prose
Jared Diamond
Alain de Botton
Dave Barry
Katherine Boo
Marilynne Robinson
Sheryl Sandberg
Caronline Kennedy
Isabel Allende
Anna Quindlen
Jonathan Franzen
Hilary Mantel
Walter Mosley
Khaled Hosseini
Jeannette Walls
Dan Brown
Dan Savage
Christopher Buckley
Curtis Sittenfeld
James McBride
James Patterson
Jonathan Lethem
Jhumpa Lahiri
Richard Dawkins
Sting
Andrew Solomon
Malcolm Gladwell
Scott Turow
Donna Tartt
Ann Patchett
Amy Tan
Bryan Cranston
Michael Connelly
Neil deGrasse Tyson
E.L. Doctorow
Chang-Rae Lee
Gary Shteyngart
Rachel Kushner
Acknowledgments
Index.

"Sixty-five of the world's leading writers open up about the books and authors that have meant the most to them. Every Sunday, readers of The New York Times Book Review turn with anticipation to see which novelist, historian, short story writer, or artist will be the subject of the popular "By the Book" feature. These wide-ranging interviews are conducted by Pamela Paul, the editor of the Book Review, and here she brings together sixty-five of the most intriguing and fascinating exchanges, featuring personalities as varied as David Sedaris, Hilary Mantel, Michael Chabon, Khaled Hosseini, Anne Lamott, and James Patterson. These questions and answers admit us into the private worlds of these authors, as they reflect on their work habits, reading preferences, inspirations, pet peeves, and recommendations.By the Book contains the full uncut interviews, reflecting a range of experiences and observations that deepens readers' understanding of the literary sensibility and the writing process. It also features dozens of sidebars that reveal the commonalities and conflicts among the participants, underscoring those influences that are truly universal and those that remain matters of individual taste.If you are a devoted reader, By the Book is a way to invite sixty-five of the most interesting guests into your world. It's a book party not to be missed"-- Provided by publisher.

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