The Paris Review Interviews III Robert Sears “House of Flowers

“House of Flowers

and how voices—human and otherwise—echo through time

emanating a crushing darkness

and is told against the backdrop of the Ottoman Empire’s tumultuous history in the years leading up to WWI

The Paris Review Interviews III Robert Sears “House of FlowersThe Indispensable Collection of Literary Wisdom Since its founding in 1953, The Paris Review has produced interviews that are more than conversationsthey are vivid literary self portraits. Across decades, the magazine has invited the worlds most accomplished writers to reflect on their craft with unusual candor and precision. From Salman Rushdies provocative questionwhy shouldnt literature provoke?to Joyce Carol Oatess bracing reflections on her