40 min
Take #2: Ishiguro, Shelley, Didion & the nature of identity The Grapevine Sessions
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On the Grapevine Sessions, hosts Harry and Nicholas discuss books and ideas, sparked by 'grapes' – passages from the world's books, chosen from Grapevine (atgrapevine.com).
Grapes this week:
+ Kazuo Ishiguro on the unique dignity of Englishmen (The Remains of the Day)
+ John Fowles on the English (The Magus)
+ Javier Marias on the glazed eyes of an English gaze (All Souls)
+ Harold Nicolson on the repressive rites of an English public school (Some People)
+ Kazuo Ishiguro on England's lost corner (Never Let Me Go)
+ Mary Shelley on the death of the monster (Frankenstein)
+ Margaret Cavendish on the source of youth in the blazing world (The Blazing World)
+ Joan Didion on the importance of self-respect (Slouching Towards Bethlehem)
+ Virginia Woolf on the carefree charms of Margaret Cavendish (The Common Reader)
On the Grapevine Sessions, hosts Harry and Nicholas discuss books and ideas, sparked by 'grapes' – passages from the world's books, chosen from Grapevine (atgrapevine.com).
Grapes this week:
+ Kazuo Ishiguro on the unique dignity of Englishmen (The Remains of the Day)
+ John Fowles on the English (The Magus)
+ Javier Marias on the glazed eyes of an English gaze (All Souls)
+ Harold Nicolson on the repressive rites of an English public school (Some People)
+ Kazuo Ishiguro on England's lost corner (Never Let Me Go)
+ Mary Shelley on the death of the monster (Frankenstein)
+ Margaret Cavendish on the source of youth in the blazing world (The Blazing World)
+ Joan Didion on the importance of self-respect (Slouching Towards Bethlehem)
+ Virginia Woolf on the carefree charms of Margaret Cavendish (The Common Reader)
40 min