the years. during that time he s written 7 novels 5 short story collections and a memoir and become world famous his best known character is named frank bascombe he 1st turned up in the sports writer in 1986 back then bascom was a divorced failed writer in his late thirty s he became the hero actually the anti hero of 3 further books bascom changed careers battled cancer and fought about life and the state of the nation his observations were ironic conic and grand. we catch up with richard ford in hamburg he s come here to accept a literary award for his life s work. it s a thrill to interview this renowned author but nerve wracking too as ford has a reputation for getting unpleasant when he s annoyed. with course the next question have to be better than that. for instance when fellow writer alice huffman
and i knew gunter so i m embarrassed to say i knew him and his books but i did he read your books of course not going to ask you know he didn t. want to read. what a laughable thing. and i don t hold it against him i mean some young american writer that he doesn t know you know stealing away the audience from that might be his books i don t blame him i wouldn t read me. is richard ford really that self-deprecating or just trying to be funny because if there are any literary wish one burning desire that you have not fulfilled yet well i never had any to begin with so. all i ever wanted to do was my best. and i ve done that i ve written some good books i ve stayed married to the girl i loved all these
a thrill to interview this renowned author but nerve racking too as ford has a reputation for getting pleasant when he s annoyed. makes course the next question. for instance when fellow writer alice huffman wrote a negative review of his novel the sportswriter for it got a copy of one of her books picked up his gun and so he says shot it. then he mailed her what was left of it. so let s focus on frank bascombe instead he s seen as a typical american every man a character in which everyone can recognize some aspect of themselves but ford says not true there is no such thing that s just something some cockamamie critic dreams up. he s a very specific man he s he s he s a divorced me he s a he s a father of three children he takes
amazing literature which is to reaffirm life which is to renew language which is to say there s always something more in the world than what we may be a captive of on any given day. on the evening ahead of the award ceremony hundreds of people came to hear richard ford give a reading in hamburg he was greeted like a superstar. books by american authors are extremely popular in germany. but it s largely a case of unrequited love as few german books are translated into english for the american market so it s a little surprising that richard ford names too much money as one of his literary role models anyone else. is there any german writer you always wanted to read and didn t so far yeah the grass i ve never really succeeded in reading good progress.
grand. we catch up with richard ford in hamburg he s come here to accept a literary award for his life s work. it s a thrill to interview this renowned author but nerve wracking too as ford has a reputation for getting unpleasant when he s annoyed. with course the next question. for instance when fellow writer alice huffman wrote a negative review of his novel the sportswriter for it got a copy of one of her books picked up his gun and so he says shot it. then he mailed her what was left of it. so let s focus on frank bascombe instead he s seen as a typical american every man a character in which everyone can recognize some aspect of themselves but ford says not true there is no such thing that s just something some cockamamie critic dreams up. he s a very specific man he s he s he s