Bill Goldstein je zakládajícím redaktorem knižní sekce The New York Times na webu a recenzuje knihy a vede rozhovory s autory pro pořad NBC „Weekend Today in New York“. Jeho literární práce se zaměřuje na hloubkové zkoumání klíčových postav literární historie a na to, jak jejich díla formovala a dodnes ovlivňují současnou literaturu. Goldstein proniká do složitých vztahů a myšlenkových proudů, které stály u zrodu přelomových literárních děl, a odhaluje způsoby, jakými autoři přetvářeli svět kolem sebe. Jeho psaní čtenářům nabízí vhled do tvůrčího procesu a do trvalého dopadu literatury na společnost.
This collection features a mix of stories and observations that range from humorous to serious, all delivered with a brassy and edgy tone. The writing is fast-paced, providing a refreshing contrast to more conventional narratives, akin to a strong shot of whiskey in a light wine spritzer. Each piece captures unique pet peeves and insights, making for an engaging and entertaining read.
A collection of stories, observations and pet peeves. Brassy, breezy - some funny, some serious - always fast and edgy. Like a shot of whiskey in a white wine spritzer world.
A revelatory narrative of the intersecting lives and works of revered authors Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, E. M. Forster and D. H. Lawrence during 1922, the birth year of modernism The World Broke in Two tells the fascinating story of the intellectual and personal journeys four legendary writers, Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, E. M. Forster, and D. H. Lawrence, make over the course of one pivotal year. As 1922 begins, all four are literally at a loss for words, confronting an uncertain creative future despite success in the past. The literary ground is shifting, as Ulysses is published in February and Proust’s In Search of Lost Time begins to be published in England in the autumn. Yet, dismal as their prospects seemed in January, by the end of the year Woolf has started Mrs. Dalloway, Forster has, for the first time in nearly a decade, returned to work on the novel that will become A Passage to India, Lawrence has written Kangaroo, his unjustly neglected and most autobiographical novel, and Eliot has finished—and published to acclaim—“The Waste Land." As Willa Cather put it, “The world broke in two in 1922 or thereabouts,” and what these writers were struggling with that year was in fact the invention of modernism. Based on original research, Bill Goldstein's The World Broke in Two captures both the literary breakthroughs and the intense personal dramas of these beloved writers as they strive for greatness.