![]() What it does do with inimitable skill is put a reader at the live heart of life-a powerful, rich sense of immediacy, of being in that moment. Peter Matthiessen’s writing-fiction and nonfiction-does not provide approximations. I’ll enjoy his African trip a great deal more.” ‘Go to a place that might change you,’ she said.” His friend said, “Well?” and the man answered, “Well, I’d rather read Peter Matthiessen. For my fiftieth birthday, she’s arranged a trip to the Serengeti, for God’s sake. One said, “My wife and my psychiatrist agree that as a human being I’ve atrophied-spiritually. Not long after the publication of The Tree Where Man Was Born, Peter Matthiessen’s classic account of travels in East Africa, I overheard a restaurant conversation between two well-dressed men on the general topic of midlife. ![]() ![]() ![]() Interviewed by Howard Norman Issue 150, Spring 1999 ![]()
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