This collection of interviews is the most comprehensive introduction to Said's writing as a critic, academic and activist.
Academic, cultural and political critic, Edward Said has long been considered one of the world's most compelling and versatile public figures. But no single book has encompassed the vast scope of his stimulating erudition quite like this - a collection of his interviews from the past three decades.
In these twenty-nine interviews, Said addresses everything from Palestine to Pavarotti, from his nomadic upbringing under colonial rule to his politically active and often controversial life in America, and reflects on Austen, Beckett, Conrad, Naipul, Mahfouz and Rushdie as well as his fellow critics, Bloom, Derrida and Foucault. Said speaks with his usual candour, incisiveness and eloquence - confirming that he was among the truly most important intellects of our time.
