The Best of Writers and Company Contributor(s): Wachtel, Eleanor (Author) |
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ISBN: 1771960744 ISBN-13: 9781771960748 Publisher: Biblioasis OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays |
Dewey: 809 |
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.9" W x 8.7" (1.10 lbs) 240 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Eleanor's] sense of respect, her tact, her utter lack of obsequiousness . . . and her uncanny ability to ask difficult questions . . . have endeared her to readers and listeners.--Carol Shields Eleanor Wachtel is one of the English-speaking world's most respected interviewers. This book, celebrating her show's twenty-five-year anniversary, presents her best conversations from the show, including Jonathan Franzen, Alice Munro, J.M. Coetzee, Zadie Smith, W.G. Sebald, Toni Morrison, Seamus Heaney, and nearly a dozen others who share their views on process and the writing life. Eleanor Wachtel has been host of CBC Radio's Writers & Company since its inception in 1990. |