Kenzaburō Ōe on Barney Rosset

Japanese writer pays tribute to the groundbreaking American publisher

Barney Rosset and Kenzaburō Ōe

From Evergreen Review: 'Barney Rosset to me represents the literary world of the latter half of the 20th century. Two hefty books—the oldest of autographed books in my library—attest to this fact. The books are The Complete Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom and Other Writings and The Olympia Reader: Selections from the Traveler’s Companion Series, both published by Grove Press, Inc. The autographs are Barney Rosset’s dated 1965.' [Read More]

Also at A Piece of Monologue:

• Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press
• Barney Rosset 1922-2012
• Samuel Beckett and the Grove Press