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Lucinda Ebersole (1956–2017)

Autore di Mondo Barbie

9+ opere 152 membri 4 recensioni

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Comprende il nome: Lucinda Ebersole ed.

Opere di Lucinda Ebersole

Mondo Barbie (1993) 75 copie
Mondo James Dean (Mondo Series) (1996) — A cura di — 8 copie
Gargoyle 42 (No.42) (1999) 4 copie
Gargoyle #57 (2011) 3 copie
Gargoyle 47 (2003) 2 copie
Death in Equality (1997) 1 copia

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Informazioni generali

Data di nascita
1956-03-12
Data di morte
2017-03-20
Sesso
female
Attività lavorative
literary critic
editor
writer

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This is a selection of interviews from 1960 through 2003, chosen and edited by Richard Peabody and Lucinda Eversole.
Vidal is, as always, witty and sometimes outrageous. But there’s an underlying thoughtfulness and the working of a keen brain on display here, too. His knowledge of American history is formidable, although his conclusions, based on somewhat tenuous evidence, can be far-fetched.
There’s a distinct falling-off in the quality of Gore’s responses as he ages; this is especially noticeable in the 1991 interview with Harry Kloman. He makes a comeback of sorts in the next interview(with Larry Kramer in 1992). His performance in the last conversation, with Amy Goodman in 2003, is both sharp and scary. He discusses the 2000 election, in which Bush lost the popular vote but won the electoral vote in an...unusual way. The parallels to the present conditions are awful and depressing.
I’m a long-time Vidal fan, and thus pre-disposed to like this kind of a book. I’d not choose it as an introduction to him or his work, however.
There is some repetition, as various interviewers tend to ask the same questions with regard to Vidal’s views on his own work and career. (I imagine he found this tedious.) That would be the only real criticism of the book.
There’s some nice remarks about Norman Mailer, his long-time literary rival, but my favorite line, re Truman Capote: I can’t read him; I have diabetes.
… (altro)
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Matke | 1 altra recensione | Aug 18, 2018 |
Gore Vidal reste assez peu connu en France. C'est un esprit brillant et caustique à l'intelligence percutante. Écrivain de talent reconnu, historien, romancier, dramaturge, scénariste, acteur, fin connaisseur de la politique américaine, critique de l'impérialisme américain, il fait partie de ces intellectuels qui comptent dans le paysage des lettres outre-Atlantique. Ce livre d'entretiens (collectés au fil du temps entre 1948 et 2004) donne l'occasion de tracer un portrait en continu de l'auteur et d'aborder des thématiques très différentes. J'avais eu cette référence de livre par un commentaire sur site internet dont je ne me rappelle plus le nom et qui estimait que la qualité littéraire de l'entretien valait le déplacement. Effectivement, on n'est pas déçu de la franchise désarmante de Gore Vidal qui ne baigne pas dans des propos soupe-au-lait. Pour ma part, tout ce qui traite de la vie politique des États-Unis m'a laissé de marbre. Le livre est bien plus intéressant lorsque l'auteur de "Julian" parle de son processus créatif, de sa discipline d'écriture, de la manière dont il aborde les sujets. C'est ce qui fait l'intérêt du livre. Pour les thématiques, je ne suis pas vraiment proche de Gore Vidal, que ce soit sur les sujets de l'homosexualité ou de la religion. Cela étant, ses propos doivent être entendus et le mérite d'un tel livre est de lui donner la parole directement sans passer par le biais d'un roman ou d'une pièce de théâtre.… (altro)
 
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Veilleur_de_nuit | 1 altra recensione | Nov 30, 2011 |
I'm a Barbie Doll collector so I had to have this one. It's just a collection of stories about the doll or have her in it somewhere. It's not great, not terrible.
 
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TheScrappyCat | Sep 19, 2007 |
Stories about James Dean, mostly fiction. Okay.
 
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TheScrappyCat | Sep 19, 2007 |

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