The Eye You See with - by Robert Stone (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><b>The definitive collection of nonfiction--from war reporting to literary criticism to the sharpest political writing--from the "legend of American letters" (<i>Vanity Fair</i>)</b><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>The definitive collection of nonfiction--from war reporting to literary criticism to the sharpest political writing--from the "legend of American letters" (<i>Vanity Fair</i>)</b> <p/> Robert Stone was a singular American writer, a visionary whose award-winning novels--including<i> Dog Soldiers, Outerbridge Reach</i>, and <i>Damascus Gate</i>--earned him comparisons to literary lions ranging from Samuel Beckett to Ernest Hemingway to Graham Greene. Stone had an almost prophetic grasp of the spirit of his age, which he captured with crystalline clarity in each of his novels. Of course, he was also a sharp and brilliant observer of American life, and his nonfiction writing is revelatory. <p/><i>The Eye You See With</i>--the first and only collection of Robert Stone's nonfiction--was carefully selected by award-winning novelist and Stone biographer Madison Smartt Bell. Divided into three sections, the collection includes the best of Stone's war reporting, his writing on social change, and his reflections on the art of fiction. This is an extraordinary volume that offers up a clear-eyed look at the twentieth century and secures Robert Stone's place as one of the most original figures in all of American letters.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><b>One of <i>Publishers Weekly</i>'s Top 10 "</b><b>Essays & Literary Criticism" for Spring 2020</b> <p/> "They called [Robert Stone] a prophet in his time. A writer of ideas <i>and </i>character. An American cross of Greene and Conrad, with a dash of ole' dead Melville for good measure . . . A new book of essays collects Stone's best and most penetrating political journalism . . . What unites <i>The Eye You See With </i>is Stone's staunch, singular vision. It's ironic, sad, hopeful." <br><b>--Matt Gallagher, <i>LitHub</i>, "Robert Stone's Journalism Set New Moral and Artistic High-Water Marks"</b> <p/> "Fine pieces . . . Nonfiction can show [Stone] at his most playful." <br><b>--Joy Williams, <i>Bookforum</i></b><p> <br> "Novelist Bell presents <b>a sterling collection of essays </b>on literature, culture, politics, and war by the late Stone (1937-2015), best known for his National Book Award-winning novel<i> Dog Soldiers</i>. Spanning the 1970s to the aughts, the essays demonstrate Stone's remarkable capacity for capturing an era's ethos while making larger, and still current, points . . . Throughout, Bell provides useful biographical information, which in combination with the essays provides <b>a vivid portrait</b> of Stone's background and guiding philosophy. Fans of Stone's novels will especially appreciate the insight, but any reader of narrative nonfiction will find <b>plenty of interest in this fine collection</b>." <br><b>--<i>Publishers Weekly </i></b></p> <br> "This first collection of Stone's nonfiction, edited by his biographer, Madison Smartt Bell . . . <b>showcases the same dizzying welter of ideas and passions that defines Stone</b><b>'</b><b>s landmark fiction </b>. . . In [Stone's essay] 'What Fiction Is For, ' he says that 'art is the only medium we have for removing a moment from the whirl of events and placing it under scrutiny in all its dimensions.' These essays, however, argue persuasively that, for Stone, nonfiction can do the same thing." <br><b>--<i>Booklist </i></b> <p/> "Robert Stone was one of those novelists who try to wrap their arms around America itself . . . A look back at the writer and his work, especially his earliest novels, turns out to be well-timed. In books that deserve to endure, Stone anticipates the present in surprising, unsettling ways . . . [He was] a novelist who transformed our aspirations and follies into literature." <br><b>--Ernesto Artillo, <i> Atlantic</i></b><p> <br> "In addition to the biography <i>Child of Light, </i>Bell has<b> skillfully edited </b><i>The Eye You See With, </i>a broad selection of the novelist's articles, essays, and other nonfiction pieces. The subjects Stone wrote about, as in his novels, range from accounts of the ravages of war in Vietnam to richly textured travel pieces set in Havana, Jerusalem, and other hot spots in between . . . Stone got it right about the war, of course, and the disastrous effects on a generation of Americans. In both his fiction and nonfiction, he spoke in <b>a uniquely mordant voice, in language that rang true in both high and low registers. Stone looked the heart of darkness in the eye and never flinched </b>. . . <i>The Eye You See With </i>should drive admirers back to the work that first galvanized Robert Stone's readers in the '70s and '80s." <br><b>--</b><b>Lee Polevoi, <i></i></b><i><b>Highbrow Magazine</b></i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>ROBERT STONE (1937-2015) was the acclaimed author of <i>Dog Soldiers, </i>winner of the National Book Award, and<i> Bear and His Daughter, </i>a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. <p/> MADISON SMARTT BELL is the author of thirteen novels and two short story collections and has been nominated for the National Book Award.
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