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Widely-acclaimed Irish novelist Sally Rooney offers a sharp and witty take on love, sex, class and politics
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Widely-acclaimed Irish novelist Sally Rooney offers a sharp and witty take on love, sex, class and politics
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Length:
53 minutes
Released:
Apr 28, 2019
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Podcast episode
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The 28-year-old writer talks to Eleanor Wachtel about her two novels, how she engages with the social conventions of her time and how her characters navigate coming-of-age in an Ireland itself reeling from the decline of the Celtic Tiger.
Released:
Apr 28, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (26)
Jeanette Winterson brings humour and understanding to a fraught childhood: WARNING: This discussion deals with suicide. England's Jeanette Winterson reflects on her childhood and explores her search for love and belonging in her memoir, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?. Winterson is the author of the hit, semi-autobiographical novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit. Her latest book, Night Side of the River, is a collection of ghost stories. *This interview originally aired in 2012. by Writers and Company