[.ca] The Paris Review Interviews 1 (ISBN 0312361750)

You can't live without it.:
A recent BookForum article delved into the fact that interviews with authors are abundant; just look at the shelves. Here is another one. But nowhere else can you find Hemingway so clearly exposed, or see Dorothy Parker attempting to deny humor and then trying, painfully, to be humorous. It's worth it just to see what Borges says -- a man so absurdly smart and well read that it makes you want to cry. We'll never match up, of course, and once we get beyond the sobering comparison it's a wonderful read. (I think the Campbells are still waiting!) In October the second volume is appearing -- I can't wait. If it's as good as this one we're in for a great late fall read.