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Reporting: Writings from The New Yorker
David Remnick is a writer with a rare gift for making readers understand the hearts and minds of our public figures. Whether it’s the decline and fall of Mike Tyson, Al Gore’s struggle to move forward after his loss in the 2000 election, or Vladimir Putin dealing with Gorbachev’s legacy, Remnick brings his subjects to life with extraordinary clarity and depth.
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Paperback, 496 pages
Published
May 8th 2007
by Vintage
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Have you ever dreamed to see Mike Tyson and Tony Blair fighting for the title of Heavyweight Champion of the World with Don King on the right corner of the ring and Gordon Brown on the left one?
Well, there you are guys.
Make your bet, please.
The match takes place in Moscow's Red Square.
Vladimir Putin wearing a bikini and a miniskirt is holding the signs of the rounds in the intervals.
Boris Yeltsin is standing on the rooftop of Saint Basil's Cathedral advertising Pizza Hut's special offers with a...more
Well, there you are guys.
Make your bet, please.
The match takes place in Moscow's Red Square.
Vladimir Putin wearing a bikini and a miniskirt is holding the signs of the rounds in the intervals.
Boris Yeltsin is standing on the rooftop of Saint Basil's Cathedral advertising Pizza Hut's special offers with a...more
Apr 09, 2013
M. Milner
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A collection of current New Yorker editor David Remnick's essays, Reporting is a nice collection but it's also kind of a mixed bag. I suppose this happens with any collection of journalism: these were written more or less on deadline around ten years (or longer) ago. So we already know what happened next. This is what made some of these essays really come off as dated: like the one about how Ariel Sharon or the one about how Vladimir Putin. Whee he tries to imagine what the future held for these...more
Tom Wolfe escreveu em 1973 que “a literatura mais importante escrita hoje na América é a de não-ficção”. Ele se referia ao movimento que surgiu com autores como Truman Capote, Gay Talese e Jimmy Breslin, e ao qual foi dado – não se sabe por quem, ou ao menos Wolfe não sabe – o nome de Novo Jornalismo.
Diferente das matérias tradicionais dos jornais, os textos do Novo Jornalismo atingiram a longevidade e são lidos até hoje. Entre eles A Sangue Frio e Hiroshima, publicados na revista The New Yorke...more
Diferente das matérias tradicionais dos jornais, os textos do Novo Jornalismo atingiram a longevidade e são lidos até hoje. Entre eles A Sangue Frio e Hiroshima, publicados na revista The New Yorke...more
"Freedom! To fill people's mailboxes, eyes, ears and brains with commercial rubbish against their will, television programs that are impossible to watch with a sense of coherence. Freedom! To force information on people, taking no account of their right not to accept it or their right of peace of mind. Freedom! To spit in the eyes and souls of passersby with advertisements."
(Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - quoted in Remnick, D. Reporting, 2006)
(Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - quoted in Remnick, D. Reporting, 2006)
Great stuff to make sense of the world. Especially pieces 'Mrs Graham', on Philip Roth and the 'Translation Wars' took my interes. But everything on Russia, Israël, and even boxing were compelling enough to keep on reading. even if it clearly carries the 'sympoms' of its time - eg sentences like "it is expected that X will win the elections…"
This guy might be the smartest, hippest guy alive. Imagine, being the editor of New Yorker and in the position of picking the most interesting writing from the most popular literary magazine in the country. Saw him on Charlie Rose talking about The Bridge, his book about Obama before the presidency. So smart, so neutral...classic old time journalism.
Every Remnick article included in the book is a gem. The Solzhenitsyn is particularly terrific. A great quote: "In a tyranny, a real writer is like a second government."
Jul 02, 2007
Joe
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Israelis and Palestinians everywhere, Mike Tyson
Amazing collection of profiles including Benjamin Netanyahu, Mike Tyson, Tony Blair, and more. The book has five sections: one on Washington politics (included a horrifying article on Katrina), one on authors (Philip Roth included), one with Russian politics, language(learn why Vladimir Putin tries to be boring), Israeli section, including Palestinian and Israeli profiles, and the last on sports figures.
I actually read interesting things about Tony Blair. Yes, it's possible.
Articles from the editor of The New Yorker from mostly the 90s and 00s, published in 06. The articles are dense with detail but pacy too. There's some literary profiles and stuff on US politics but the bulk of this book is Remnick on Russia and Israel, where he is illuminating.
What I learned from this book:
1. The definition of 63 words, including "rodomontade" and "omphalos"
2. Insights into contemporary cultural dynamics of Palestine and Israel
3. A modern history of the sport of boxing and its practitioners
1. The definition of 63 words, including "rodomontade" and "omphalos"
2. Insights into contemporary cultural dynamics of Palestine and Israel
3. A modern history of the sport of boxing and its practitioners
my favourite stories are about katherine graham, solzhenitsyn (no idea how to pronounce this) and hurricane katrina. and i must admit i have a ginormous crush on remnick.
Profiles of world leaders from the past 2 decades by a journalist who knows how it's done. Hooah!
Honestly, I've barely cracked open the book yet.
jornalismo deveria ser para poucos.
wide ranging & fun
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