2018年1月16日 星期二

‘Studies In Power’: An Interview with Robert Caro

"I started 'The Power Broker' because I realized that there was this man, Robert Moses, who had all this power and he had shaped New York for forty-four years. I regarded the book as a study of power in cities. After I finished that, I wanted to do national power. I felt I could learn about how power worked on a national level by studying Lyndon Johnson. I regard these books as studies in political power, not biography," Robert Caro tells Claudia Dreifus.
Many biographers working on a long project complain that their subject has eaten up their life. Did that happen to you? Robert Caro: No. Because I don’t really regard my books as biographies. I’ve never had the slightest interest…
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