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A review by conorhunt
An Editor's Burial: Journals and Journalism from the New Yorker and Other Magazines by David Brendel
4.0
Always adored Wes Anderson’s films, to be able to pull that back and see his inspirations and excitement speak out through this collection is very interesting. Lots of these stories and reports captured by attention and I read this book fairly slowly over the year.
“The 32 rats from Casablanca” story was captivating along with later choices like “equal in Paris” by James Baldwin which kept me surprisingly invested in a story that started from a hotel bedsheet. The days of Duveen was very interesting too and both A.J. Liebling stories kept me reading. Focused on his broad pallet and perspective of French cuisine and especially Wines he certainly held strong convictions on the matter. Some of the stories while interesting I struggled to follow or enjoy in the same way specificity “Mavis Gallant’s the events in May” covering the student protests while it was very interesting to read I found it confusing at times and wasn’t certain I was understanding what Gallant was saying in her writing.
Overall a really interesting look in to some of the 20th century’s great writers and a look in to how Anderson took the written skill and turned it in an equally captivating almost homage like film.
“The 32 rats from Casablanca” story was captivating along with later choices like “equal in Paris” by James Baldwin which kept me surprisingly invested in a story that started from a hotel bedsheet. The days of Duveen was very interesting too and both A.J. Liebling stories kept me reading. Focused on his broad pallet and perspective of French cuisine and especially Wines he certainly held strong convictions on the matter. Some of the stories while interesting I struggled to follow or enjoy in the same way specificity “Mavis Gallant’s the events in May” covering the student protests while it was very interesting to read I found it confusing at times and wasn’t certain I was understanding what Gallant was saying in her writing.
Overall a really interesting look in to some of the 20th century’s great writers and a look in to how Anderson took the written skill and turned it in an equally captivating almost homage like film.