Montreal writer Dany Laferrière became “Immortal” in 2015, when he was inducted into the Académie française, the highest honour in all French literature.
In these wide-ranging interviews with Adam Leith Gollner, portions of which were originally published in The Paris Review, Laferrière reveals how his life and his writing are inseparable, discussing everything from his breakout debut, How To Make Love To a Negro Without Getting Tired, to the extraordinary success of more recent novels such as The Return and I Am a Japanese Writer.
Brilliant, comedic, and full of insightful advice for writers and readers, these conversations also serve as the definitive introduction to one of our greatest storytellers.
Authors
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Date published
- ©2020
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- C843/.54 843/.914
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23 23
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 1773900730 9781773900766
- LCCN
- PQ3919.2.L163
- LCCN Item number
- Z683 2020eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- NLC
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (133 pages)
- Published in
- Ottawa, Ontario
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)kck00241769 (OCoLC)1145123795 (CaOOCEL)460850
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- NLC
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Title Page 4
- Copyright 5
- Table of Contents 8
- INTRODUCTION THE STORY OF EVERYONE EVERYWHERE 10
- 1. HAPPINESS AWAITS 30
- 2. BUILDING A CATHEDRAL 44
- 3. THE GREAT SORCERER’S SPELL 64
- 4: THE WRITER’S ENEMY 76
- 5: WORKING IN THE BATHTUB 90
- 6: A TERRIBLE APPETITE FOR LIFE 108
- 7: APPROXIMATING REALITY 122
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 140
