ICYMI on KPBS Midday Edition: Author Anthony Doerr will appear at the Writer's Symposium by the Sea at Point Loma Nazarene University Today at 7 p.m.
Your 2014 Pulitzer Prize winning novel,"All the Light We Cannot See," is being adapted for a four-part Netflix series. What can you tell us about that project? And how involved are you?It's exciting. It'll come out later this year. I don't have a date for anybody yet. Four episodes — the book was about 500 pages and they've got it into four one-hour episodes. I think episode four might be a little longer than an hour.I got to go to Budapest with my son.
You mentioned this star shape when you're writing a character. How do you draw the web around that person to whom they're connected or what decisions they will make that will then impact another storyline generations later or even things like what their obsessions and interests are? Can you talk about that outlining process?With beginning writers of whatever age, I try to dispel the notion that, at least for me, characters come to you fully formed.
I put 24 pieces of that book, not the entire thing, but just a little sense of it as folios into my book and have the characters read it ... I wanted to explore different ideas of stewardship as I get into my middle age and think about you know, what kind of world do we want to pass down to my kids, and as my kids get older, I see this great de-centering that happens when you're in middle age and you realize 'oh, maybe I'm not the center of the world.
So I have in the present day, I have a rural library in the state where I live here in Idaho. I try to play with these ideas of grand libraries and really humble libraries and this is just one that's a leaky library with three employees and they can't always get the heat to work. But these kids are rehearsing a version of this really old story"Cloud Cuckoo Land" with this elderly guy, a translator, and there's a siege on that library.
And of course the cheapening of the natural world. So what does it mean for this great quilt of interconnected life on this planet that was stripping out so many creatures? And what does it mean to have this kind of false dichotomy between the human and the natural worlds? And each of the characters, I think, kind of feels that.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Why Rebecca Makkai explores true crime in novel ‘I Have Some Questions for You’The acclaimed author of ‘The Great Believers, a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award, tackles a story set close to home.
Read more »
Timberwolves' Anthony Edwards takes shot at NBA players who rest during regular season: 'Just play, man'Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star guard Anthony Edwards has one thing he'd like to change in the NBA if he had the chance: Resting star players.
Read more »
The Daniels win the DGA's top prize, an Oscar bellwetherThe Directors Guild of America handed its top prize for feature filmmaking to Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert for “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” putting them on course to win at the Academy Awards next month.
Read more »
Daniels take home the Directors Guild top prize for 'Everything'Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, the directors of “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” were awarded top honors for feature filmmaking by the Directors Guild of America at the 75th DGA Awards.
Read more »
Yankees’ Anthony Rizzo says balky back ‘feels good’ entering spring trainingWith the shift a thing of the past, Anthony Rizzo just needs his back to cooperate in order to turn in another strong season.
Read more »
Anthony Mackie On If His Captain America Will Lead The AvengersNow that Sam Wilson has assumed the role of Captain America, Anthony Mackie opens up on the possibility of his character leading the Avengers.
Read more »