Calaferte had recently been awarded the Grand Prix National des Lettres when he sat down with Jean-Pierre Pauty, a friend and movie director, to discuss his life and work. The Inner Adventure brings these interviews to English-speaking readers for the first time, revealing the creative process and philosophies of a writer who has challenged others with his brutal honesty and his view that only experience can be the basis of creativity, thought, and knowledge.
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This work comprises interviews with the writer Louis Calaferte. In it, he reveals the creative process and philosophies of a celebrated writer, one whose work often challenged others because of his brutal honesty and his claim that only experience can be the basis of creativity.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780810160668
Publisert
2024-07-31
Utgiver
Vendor
Northwestern University Press
Vekt
333 gr
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
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Antall sider
128
Om bidragsyterne
Louis Calaferte was born in Turin in 1928. He was a playwright, poet, and writer of prose. His other works include C'est la Guerre and The Way It Works with Women, both published by the Marlboro Press/Northwestern. He died in 1994.Jean-Pierre Pauty is a director whose works include the 1993 documentary on Louis Calaferte entitled Un îlot de résistance.
Willard Wood is the translator of Anka Muhlstein's La Salle: Explorer of the North American Frontier and J.-C. Rufin's The Abyssinian and The Siege of Isfahan.