For a half-century, The Paris Review has published writing and interviews from the world's 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 reader's own hopes, dreams, fears, and joy.