Gore Vidal byl americký spisovatel, jehož dílo se vyznačovalo bystrým intelektem a ostrým satirickým pohledem na americkou společnost. Ve svých románech, esejích i dramatických dílech se často zabýval tématy moci, dekadence a kritiky americké zahraniční politiky. Jeho styl, často označovaný za aforistický a aristokratický, odrážel jeho zálibu v paradoxu a ironii. Vidal zanechal nesmazatelnou stopu v americké literatuře jako pozorovatel a kritik své doby.
The book is recognized for its significant impact on human history, prompting efforts to preserve it for future generations. Its republication in a modern format ensures that its insights and contributions remain accessible and relevant, highlighting its enduring importance.
The intense debates between conservative William F. Buckley Jr. and liberal Gore Vidal during the 1968 presidential conventions captured national attention with their fiery exchanges and personal clashes, particularly during their dramatic encounter in Chicago. These historic debates, which have not been fully aired or transcribed since their original broadcasts, are the focus of the documentary "Best of Enemies," highlighting the profound impact of their confrontations on American political discourse.
The lost pulp crime novel by great American novelist Gore Vidal! Hired to smuggle an ancient artefact out of Egypt, Pete Wells finds himself the target of killers and femme fatales and just one step away from triggering a revolution that will set Cairo aflame!
Kniha prináša 20 rozhovorov s našimi i zahraničnými osobnosťami, ktorá vyšli na stránkach týždenníka Slovo prevažne na prelome dvadsiateho a dvadsiateho prvého storočia. Títo ľudia, ktorých dielo a život sa už uzavreli, boli nielen svedkami, ale aj aktérmi udalostí druhej polovice dvadsiateho storočia, no aj aktívnymi účastníkmi či pozorovateľmi prevratných zmien po roku 1989, ktoré v čase vzniku rozhovorov už nadobúdali jasné kontúry. Zahraničné osobnosti sa rôznym spôsobom viažu aj k Slovensku, k prelomovej dobe, ktorú sme žili a žijeme. Väčšina oslovených bola aktívna už v čase druhej svetovej vojny. Prišli na svet v prvej tretine minulého storočia a do ich osudov výrazne zasiahlo Povstanie, ktorého sa viacerí zúčastnili. Čítanie rozhovorov, aj keď to iste vtedy redakcia Slova tak nekoncipovala, je ako čítanie jedného príbehu Slovenska.
The narrator takes on the role of a truth-teller, challenging misconceptions and pointing out harsh realities, such as the dangers of neglecting obvious problems. With a sharp, unapologetic voice, they explore the theme of unrecognized wisdom and the lack of appreciation for those who speak uncomfortable truths. The narrative reflects on the complexities of being helpful in a world that often prefers comforting lies over stark realities.
In this sequel to PALIMPSEST, the celebrated novelist Gore Vidal ranges freely over his remarkable life with the signature wit and literary elegance that is uniquely his.
Gore Vidal—novelist, playwright, critic, screenwriter, memoirist, indefatigable political commentator, and controversialist—is America's premier man of letters. No other living writer brings more sparkling wit, vast learning, indelible personality, and provocative mirth to the job of writing an essay.This long-needed volume comprises some twenty-four of his best-loved pieces of criticism, political commentary, memoir, portraiture, and, occasionally, unfettered score settling. It will stand as one of the most enjoyable and durable works from the hand and mind of this vastly accomplished and entertaining immortal of American literature.
* In this sequel to PALIMPSEST, Gore Vidal ranges freely over his remarkable life with his signature wit and literary elegance.
Reflections on the United States of Amnesia
Following the publication of Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace and Dreaming War comes award-winning Gore Vidal's long-awaited conclusion to his landmark, best-selling trilogy. Now, Vidal has written his most devastating exploration of Imperial America to date. "Not since the 1846 attack on Mexico in order to seize California" Vidal writes, "has an American government been so nakedly predatory." Bush's apparent invincibility, and what he might or might not know--especially about those new "black box" voting machines being installed all over the country--is one of the central themes of "State of the Union 2004," a magnificent and witty Olympian survey of American Empire, where the war on terror is judged as nonsensical as the "war on dandruff," where America is an "Enron-Pentagon prison," a land of ballooning budget deficits thanks to the growth of a garrison state, tax cuts for the privileged, and the creeping totalitarianism of the Ashcroft justice department. Collected in this volume are Vidal's earlier State of the Union addresses, a tradition inaugurated on the David Susskind show in the early seventies as a counterpoint to "whoever happened to be president."
