WHY WRITE?

Americas most celebrated writer returns with a definitive edition of his essential statements on literature, his controversial nove ls, and the writing life, including including six pieces published here for the first time and many others newly revised.Throughout a unparalleled literary career that includes two National Book Awards (Goodbye, Columbus, 1959 and Sabbaths Theater, 1995), the Pul itzer Prize in fiction (American Pastoral, 1997), the National Book Critics Circle Award (The Counterlife, 1986), and the National H umanities M...[Llegir més]