Steve Paul (Bücher)

Steve Paul Bücher

Steve Paul ist ein anerkannter Autor mit einer umfassenden Karriere im Journalismus. Über vier Jahrzehnte hinweg deckte er ein breites Themenspektrum ab, von lokalen und nationalen Nachrichten bis hin zu Kunstkritik und ausführlichen Berichten über Verbrechen, Kunstbetrug und Architektur. Sein tiefes Engagement für Literatur und Kunst, unterstrichen durch seine frühere Buchhandlung und seine Mitgliedschaft im National Book Critics Circle, gipfelt in seinem neuesten Werk, das sich mit der frühen Lebensphase von Ernest Hemingway befasst. Pauls Stil zeichnet sich durch Präzision und Tiefe aus, die den Leser in seine akribisch recherchierten Themen eintauchen lässt.

Literary Alchemist: The Writing Life of Evan S. Connell

414 Seiten
15 Lesestunden

Winner, 2022 Society of Midland Authors award for Biography/Memoir Evan S. Connell (1924–2013) emerged from the American Midwest determined to become a writer. He eventually made his mark with attention-getting fiction and deep explorations into history. His linked novels Mrs. Bridge (1959) and Mr. Bridge (1969) paint a devastating portrait of the lives of a prosperous suburban family not unlike his own that, more than a half century later, continue to haunt readers with their minimalist elegance and muted satire. As an essayist and historian, Connell produced a wide range of work, including a sumptuous body of travel writing, a bestselling epic account of Custer at the Little Bighorn, and a singular series of meditations on history and the human tragedy. This first portrait and appraisal of an under-recognized American writer is based on personal accounts by friends, relatives, writers, and others who knew him; extensive correspondence in library archives; and insightful literary and cultural analysis of Connell’s work and its context. It also illuminates aspects of American publishing, Hollywood, male anxieties, and the power of place.