The Paris Review Book

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 GodInspiring 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.