
What One Man Said to Another
Talks with Richard Selzer
Peter Josyph(Author)
Michigan State University Press
Will be published approx. on 30. November 1994
Book
Hardback
263 pages
978-0-87013-362-6 (ISBN)
Description
What One Man Said to Another is, on one level, a series of extended conversations between friends. On another, it is a spoken autobiography of Richard Selzer, respected surgeon and writer, as recorded by New York artist and writer Peter Josyph. In these pages we learn firsthand of Selzer's life as a surgeon in an isolated village in Korea in the early 1950s; the unforgettable evening when he saved the life of author John Cheever; his agonizing courtroom experience during a malpractice suit; the ostracism of colleagues as he trained himself, every night for eight years, to become a writer; and his encounters with notable personalities, such as Orson Welles, John Houseman, Richard Ellmann, Josef Albers and even one of "Charlie's Angels." The sparkling wit, profound insight, and unique poetic vision that characterize works such as Raising the Dead, Taking the World in for Repairs, Mortal Lessons, and all of Selzer's writing are present in every one of these lively conversations.
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Language
English
Place of publication
East Lansing, MI
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 223 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
553 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87013-362-6 (9780870133626)
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Person
Peter Josyph is an author and filmmaker. His books include What One Man Said to Another: Talks with Richard Selzer (1994) and The Wounded River, which was a New York Times Notable Book of 1993. His films include the award-winning documentary Liberty Street; Alive at Ground Zero (2005).