"We have in this fine book a coincidence most fortunate for would-be writers and fellow professionals such as myself: A compulsive keeper of journals over many years who is widely appreciated as one of the most capable authors of this century.
Reynolds Price's life, while as unique as his thumbprint, turns out here to be a strikingly general anatomy of virtually every good writer's artistic development from childhood on. I would not have thought that generalizations about growth in such a complex profession were plausible--until this meticulous dissection was shown to me."--Kurt Vonnegut
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface vii
A Note on the Text xix
Names 1
Story Possibilities, Expressions and Anecdotes, Metaphors, Early Stories and Reading, M, Notes for a New "Anniversary," "Troubled Sleep" 7
A Long and Happy Life 73
Good and Bad Dreams, A Generous Man, A Possible Volume of Stories 131
Love and Work, Scars 137
The Surface of Earth, Stories, A Libretto for Sam Barber, Good Hearts 143
The Source of Light 249
Private Contentment 301
Kate Vaiden 311
New Music 337
Good Hearts 345
The Tongues of Angels, Full Moon, Clear Pictures, Poems, Songs, Stories, The Foreseeable Future, Essays, Blue Calhoun, The Promise of Rest, A Whole New Life 367
Blue Calhoun 507
The Promise of Rest 543
Roxanna Slade 577
Notes 601
