More Writers & Company - Hardcover

Wachtel, Eleanor

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0394281691 ISBN 13: 9780394281698

Publisher: Knopf Canada, 1996

Synopsis

Interviews with Isabel Allende, Martin Amis, John Berger, Harold Bloom, E.L. Doctorow, Amitav Ghosh, Kazuo Ishiguro, Jamaica Kincaid, Oliver Sacks, Carol Shields, Jeanette Winterson and more.

About this title

About the Author:

In 1995, radio's "Writers & Company" won the coveted CBC award for programming excellence for the best weekly show broadcast nationally. Broadcaster and writer Eleanor Wachtel has been the host of "Writers & Company" since its inception in 1990, and is also heard frequently on "The Arts Tonight". She lives in Toronto.

Review:

"What a collection! This book, and its predecessor, should find a place as invaluable companions to modern [literature]. It's a pleasure to read, and serves as a guidepost to the world of books in our time." -Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal

"A gold mine.... What makes Eleanor Wachtel's "Writers & Company" delightful to hear makes [this] collection of writerly interviews delightful to read: Wit. Intelligence. Tact. Grace." -Editor's Choice, The Globe and Mail

"A true treasury." -Vancouver Province

"An absolutely beautiful read.... Wachtel is a passionate and articulate interviewer." -The Toronto Sun

"Reading Eleanor Wachtel is a delight-- More Writers & Company, like its predecessor, is a book to own and savour." -London Free Press

About this edition

• Publisher: Knopf Canada
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0394281691
• ISBN 13: 9780394281698
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352