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Conversations with Colson Whitehead
Taschenbuch von Derek C Maus
Sprache: Englisch

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Since the publication of his first novel, The Intuitionist, in 1999, Colson Whitehead (b. 1969) has been considered an important new voice in American literature. His seven subsequent books have done little to contradict that initial assessment, especially after 2016's The Underground Railroad spent numerous weeks at the top of bestseller lists and won numerous major literary awards, including the Pulitzer Prize.
Ranging from 2001 to 2016, the twenty-three interviews collected in Conversations with Colson Whitehead reveal the workings of one of America's most idiosyncratic and most successful literary minds. Through these interviews, it is clear that none of this well-earned praise has gone to his head. If anything, he still seems inclined to present himself as an awkward misfit who writes about such offbeat subject matter as rival groups of elevator inspectors, the insufficiency of off-brand "flesh-colored" bandages, or a literalized alternate version of the Underground Railroad.
Whitehead speaks at length about matters related to his craft, including his varied literary and nonliterary influences, the particular methods of researching and writing that have proved valuable to telling his stories, and the ways in which he has managed the rollercoaster life of a professional writer. He also opens up about popular culture, particularly the unconventional blend of music, genre-fiction, B movies, and comic books that he gleefully identifies as a passion that has persisted for him since his childhood.
Since the publication of his first novel, The Intuitionist, in 1999, Colson Whitehead (b. 1969) has been considered an important new voice in American literature. His seven subsequent books have done little to contradict that initial assessment, especially after 2016's The Underground Railroad spent numerous weeks at the top of bestseller lists and won numerous major literary awards, including the Pulitzer Prize.
Ranging from 2001 to 2016, the twenty-three interviews collected in Conversations with Colson Whitehead reveal the workings of one of America's most idiosyncratic and most successful literary minds. Through these interviews, it is clear that none of this well-earned praise has gone to his head. If anything, he still seems inclined to present himself as an awkward misfit who writes about such offbeat subject matter as rival groups of elevator inspectors, the insufficiency of off-brand "flesh-colored" bandages, or a literalized alternate version of the Underground Railroad.
Whitehead speaks at length about matters related to his craft, including his varied literary and nonliterary influences, the particular methods of researching and writing that have proved valuable to telling his stories, and the ways in which he has managed the rollercoaster life of a professional writer. He also opens up about popular culture, particularly the unconventional blend of music, genre-fiction, B movies, and comic books that he gleefully identifies as a passion that has persisted for him since his childhood.
Über den Autor
Derek C. Maus is professor of English at SUNY Potsdam and author of Unvarnishing Reality: Subversive Russian and American Cold War Satire. He is also coeditor (with Owen E. Brady) of Finding a Way Home: A Critical Assessment of Walter Mosley's Fiction and (with James J. Donahue) Post-Soul Satire: Black Identity after Civil Rights, both published by University Press of Mississippi.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Genre: Biographien
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781496821478
ISBN-10: 1496821475
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Redaktion: Maus, Derek C
Hersteller: University Press of Mississippi
Maße: 229 x 152 x 11 mm
Von/Mit: Derek C Maus
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.04.2019
Gewicht: 0,293 kg
Artikel-ID: 114950550
Über den Autor
Derek C. Maus is professor of English at SUNY Potsdam and author of Unvarnishing Reality: Subversive Russian and American Cold War Satire. He is also coeditor (with Owen E. Brady) of Finding a Way Home: A Critical Assessment of Walter Mosley's Fiction and (with James J. Donahue) Post-Soul Satire: Black Identity after Civil Rights, both published by University Press of Mississippi.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Genre: Biographien
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781496821478
ISBN-10: 1496821475
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Redaktion: Maus, Derek C
Hersteller: University Press of Mississippi
Maße: 229 x 152 x 11 mm
Von/Mit: Derek C Maus
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.04.2019
Gewicht: 0,293 kg
Artikel-ID: 114950550
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