Conversations with Tom Wolfe

University Press of Mississippi (Editora)

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“Literary journalist,” “lowly social historian,” “chronicler of his times,” and “champion of realism” are among the many epithets heaped upon Tom Wolfe by himself and his myriad admirers and critics. In this collection of interviews spanning his richly productive career, Wolfe is seen as a writer imitating no one and riding the crest of each latest wave in contemporary America.

For more than a quarter of a century he has been the vivid and varied chronicler of our time—from the Californian car customizers and Ken Kesey’s Merry Pranksters of the sixties to the ambition-driven inhabitants of New York City in the eighties. His hybrid of reporting and fiction-writing has received perhaps more applause than any other literary journalism, and his first major work of fiction, Bonfire of the Vanities, rested at the top of the bestseller lists for more than a year.

Here is Tom Wolfe talking—about the subjects of his eight books, about the writers he admires, about the discipline of w

Sobre o Livro

Coletânea de entrevistas que percorre a carreira de Tom Wolfe, abordando livros, técnicas jornalísticas e o diálogo entre reportagem e literatura. Inclui discussões sobre obras como Bonfire of the Vanities e sobre a prática do literary journalism.

Entrevistas situadas em diferentes décadas apresentam contextos sociais e culturais dos Estados Unidos, com temas como contracultura californiana e a cena urbana de Nova York. Oferece material útil para cursos de jornalismo literário e estudos culturais.

Formato voltado a leitores interessados em processos de escrita e entrevistas como método crítico; também serve como referência para seminários e pesquisas em humanidades. Texto em inglês com edição acadêmica da University Press of Mississippi.