En los ensayos que forman la primera parte de este libro, el autor realiza un provocativo analisis de un fenomeno surgido hacia la mitad de la deca...
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Jul 22, 2008
Rodrigo
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Na verdade gostei mais do ensaio de Tom Wolfe sobre o Novo Jornalismo do que as matérias que fazem parte do livro Radical Chique e o Novo Jornalismo. Minha birra com Tom Wolfe é justamente a linguagem: a idéia é legal, mas me parece que ele exagera. E de certa forma, vemos que isso fica mais claro no ensaio sobre o tão comentado novo jornalismo.
Wolfe argumenta que à época que surge o novo jornalismo, falta um romance que explique a sociedade americana da época (é preciso conferir e n More...
Wolfe argumenta que à época que surge o novo jornalismo, falta um romance que explique a sociedade americana da época (é preciso conferir e n More...
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May 30, 2008
Ricky
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For the most part, what you find in this book is probably not Literature but I would say that it's great selection of feature articles from its era and it's a great resource as a whole, as far as giving someone insight into the world that existed a decade before his (my) birth. So, even if it never materialized as the literary phenomenon Wolfe thought it was, this collection serves to provide insight into the attitudes of Americans in the late sixties and early seventies vis-a-vis a wide spectr
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Mar 30, 2010
FiveBooks
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Investigative journalist Nick Davies has chosen to discuss Tom Wolfe's The New Journalism, on FiveBooks as one of the top five on his subject - Investigative Journalism, saying that:
“When this was first published, news writing was written in a very strict, often quite staid style. New Journalism used a range of literary techniques commonplace in fiction, for example the use of dialogue or first-hand narrative. At that time they were virtually unheard of in news writing. Tom Wolfe wro More...
“When this was first published, news writing was written in a very strict, often quite staid style. New Journalism used a range of literary techniques commonplace in fiction, for example the use of dialogue or first-hand narrative. At that time they were virtually unheard of in news writing. Tom Wolfe wro More...
Feb 05, 2012
Rodrigo
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La dignificación del Periodismo
¿Qué demonios pasa?, se preguntó un joven reportero Tom Wolfe en 1962, luego de leer un artículo de la revista Esquire. Lo que tenía que ser una historia relatada con la rigurosidad (y, aceptémoslo, monotonía) propia del periodismo más hierático empezaba más bien con el montaje de una escena conforme a un relato. Salvo el desfile de unos cuantos datos a la manera propia del periodismo viejo, lo demás muy bien podía leerse como un relato de f More...
¿Qué demonios pasa?, se preguntó un joven reportero Tom Wolfe en 1962, luego de leer un artículo de la revista Esquire. Lo que tenía que ser una historia relatada con la rigurosidad (y, aceptémoslo, monotonía) propia del periodismo más hierático empezaba más bien con el montaje de una escena conforme a un relato. Salvo el desfile de unos cuantos datos a la manera propia del periodismo viejo, lo demás muy bien podía leerse como un relato de f More...
Jul 21, 2011
Tom
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This is an almost uniformly strong collection of pieces, and as good a primer as one could reasonably ask for. It's pretty light on female writers - only Joan Didion and Barbara L. Goldsmith, and at the very least Didion warrants a second entry - but much of the early nonfiction canon is here: Hunter S. Thompson (twice), editor Wolfe (twice), Capote, Plimpton, Talese, Michael Herr, etc. And the pieces from which I didn't expect much still managed to deliver something even if they didn't blow me
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Aug 23, 2011
Ekaterina
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Вот это было хорошо. В книге маленький кусочек теории от самого Вулфа. Все остальное - журнальные статьи различных авторов, на примерах которых хорошо показаны тонкости стиля и смысл "новой журналистики" вообще.
Aug 30, 2011
Derrick
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The book that I pulled off a shelf in Oxford, England, in 1995 and it forever changed my view of Journalism. I read it at least four times that summer over pints and again on my flight home.
Jul 24, 2008
Matt
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"In April of 1965, in the New York Herald Tribune's Sunday magazine, New York, I had made what I fancied was some lighthearted fun of the New Yorker magazine with a two-part article entitled "Tiny Mummies! The True Story of the Ruler of 43rd Street's Land of the Walking Dead!" A very droll sportif performance, you understand. Without going into the whole beanball contest I can tell you that there were many good souls who did not consider this article either lighthearted or sportif
Feb 10, 2012
Michael
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This book seems dated now. But there is some really great writing in the book. It is interesting readi ng about an era when young journalists were trying to reinvent storytelling. Now we live in the era of Fox News, blogs and tabloids. How media has fallen.
Aug 31, 2008
Andy
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I can't recommend this highly enough. A collection of journalism pieces from Wolfe, Capote, Thompson and many many others that not only writes about a radically changing America, but is itself a radical change to the way news was presented.
Mar 01, 2008
Johnny
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The foundation of present day journalism and documentary film-making--every current investigation conducted by a reporter driven to "experience" the condition/situation at hand owes a debt of gratitude to Wolfe and his contemporaries
Jul 31, 2010
James
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Not only does it contain Tom Wolfe's essay (which should really be required reading for anyone considering journalism as a career) but you also get a superb collection of long form journalism from the mid '50s to the early '70s.
Jul 08, 2008
Lucy
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This is an outstanding collection of essays from the New Journalism movement. It introduced me to Joan Didion, Hunter Thomoson and Tom Wolfe.
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