The Paris Review Book: of Heartbreak Madness Sex Love Betrayal Outsiders Intoxication War Whimsy Horrors God Death Dinner Baseball ... and Everything Else in the World Since 1953

About this book

For a half-century The Paris Review has published writing and interviews from the worlds most brilliant authors. To commemorate the anniversary a breathtakingly diverse and illuminating anthology has been assembled. The greatest writers here write and speak upon the greatest subjects of our time: Lorrie Moore and Raymond Carver on "Heartbreak" Vladimir Nabokov on SEX Kurt Vonnegut and Susan Sontag on "War" Jonathan Franzen on "Betrayal" Jeffrey Eugenides and Norman Mailer on "Death" Philip Roth on "God" Inspiring a dizzying range of thought and emotion the collection holds a mirror to the world we live in and to the readers own hopes dreams fears and joy.