Literary Miniatures

Florence Noiville

Literary Criticism

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Selected from the pages of Le monde, the interviews conducted by Florence Noiville are unequalled in literary journalism. In literary miniatures, Noiville captures the words and views of some of the best known writers of the twentieth century, engaging luminaries like Saul bellow, Nadine Gordimer, aharon appelfeld, and a. S. Byatt in revealing dialogue. In this collection, Noiville converse with don DeLillo, reasons with adolfo bioy casares, passes the time with Milan kundera, and gently interrogates John Le Carre. Fluent in many languages, Noiville conducted a number of these interviews in the subject native language, engaging these extraordinary writers on their own terms. Inimitably intimate, the interviews are a window through which readers can come to know the writers behind some of the greatest works of literature of the last one hundred years. Sure to delight lovers of literature and biography, this book is the perfect expression of the art of the interview and a priceless art if Act for enthusiasts and scholars alike. ‘A real delight to read with unexpected, tangential detours, an ear for the uncanny and a distilled, bare-boned way of writing.’.

Florence Noiville

Florence Noiville French author and journalist, is a long time staff writer for Le Monde and editor of foreign fiction for Le Monde des Livres, the literary supplement of Le Monde. After attending Sciences Po, the international business school HEC Paris, and receiving her Masters' in Business Law, Noiville began her professional career in an American corporation, working in the financial sector. Against all odds, she moved four years later from numbers to letters, leading her career towards what had always interested her: writing and literature. Since 1994 she has worked as a journalist and literary critic for the French newspaper Le Monde. She has done numerous interviews and profiles including Saul Bellow, John le Carré, Mario Vargas Llosa, Herta Müller. Her interviews and portraits of writers were published in English in Literary Miniatures (Seagull Books).