The Gay Talese Reader: Portraits and Encounters
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (827 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0802776752 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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For readers,a pleasure and for writers chance to observe a master in top form. Fearless Fed This collection of biographical snapshots includes the legendary "Frank Sinatra had a cold" I've already read it several times but I turned to read it first if for no other reason than to enjoy the writing skills of a master.Another gem is his brief on Joe diMaggio.I think Talese has written about half a dozen non- fiction pieces, all of which were n. Great stories by a great writer Very nice to read. I like the short story format because I can pick it up and read a story here and there. Very well written.. "Intelligent curiosity and great writing" according to Lynn Harnett. "Intensely curious" is how Gay Talese describes himself on his arrival in New York City as a young man in the mid-1950s, a provincial from a community of immigrants in New Jersey. " But until I got a job in journalism I knew of no way to indulge my peculiar interest in the natural and unnatural order of city life."Talese's interest in the lifestyle o
. However, all of the essays collected here are priceless gems, including his classic profiles of 20th-century icons such as Joe DiMaggio ("The Silent Season of the Hero"); the recently departed George Plimpton and his Paris Review cohorts ("Looking for Hemingway"); and Frank Sinatra ("Frank Sinatra Has a Cold"), which was recently selected by Esquire as the greatest article in the magazine's 70-year history. From Publishers Weekly If there is one fault in this wonderful and long overdue collection of nonfiction
This collection opens with "New York Is a City of Things Unnoticed," and includes "Silent Season of a Hero" (about Joe DiMaggio), "Ali in Havana," and "Looking for Hemingway" as well as several other favorite pieces. It is a city with cats sleeping under parked cars, two stone armadillos crawling up St. As a young reporter for The New York Times, in 1961 Gay Talese published his first book, New York-A Serendipiter's Journey, a series of vignettes and essays that began, "New York is a city of things unnoticed. The essays and profiles collected in The Gay Talese Reader are works of art, each carefully crafted to create a portrait of an unforgettable individual, place or moment.. These works give insight into the progression of a writer at the pinnacle of his craft.Whether he is detailing the unseen and sometimes quirky world of New York City or profiling Ol' Blue Eyes in "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold," Talese captures his subjects-be they famous, infamous, or merely unusual-in his own inimitable, elegant fashion. It also features a previously unpublished article on the infamous case of Lorena and John Wayne Bobbitt, and conclud