History of Literature: a conversation with Anne Enright, winner of the Man Booker Prize
Life and Art from FT Weekend
Forhecz Topher
4.6 • 601 Ratings
🗓️ 25 December 2023
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Life & Art presents an episode of History of Literature. After taking a look at Emily Dickinson's Poem #269 ("Wild Nights - wild nights!"), Jacke Wilson talks to novelist Anne Enright about growing up in Ireland, her writing career and her new book The Wren, The Wren. Plus, Dublin literary historian Christopher Morash (Dublin: A Writer's City) stops by to select the last book he will ever read.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone, it's Lila. We are off this week for the holidays, but we wanted to share a show with you that we think you'll enjoy. It's a podcast called History of Literature, which as you probably gathered is about books and reading. The episode we chose for you features the author Anne Enright. Anne won the Man Booker Prize for her novel The Gathering back in 2007. |
| 0:27.3 | And in this episode, she talks about writing, growing up in Ireland, and her new novel, The Wren, the Wren. |
| 0:28.6 | I hope you enjoy. |
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| 1:43.6 | So put down those shopping bags, kick up your feet, and enjoy a conversation with a wonderful Irish writer, the winner of the Man Booker Prize and many other prizes |
| 1:47.8 | has a new novel called The Ren the Ren, |
| 1:52.1 | and Enright. |
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