NYT bestselling author! Francine Prose, 1974: A Personal History
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.5 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 9 July 2024
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Zibby is joined by critically acclaimed, bestselling author Francine Prose to discuss 1974, a remarkable, artistic coming-of-age memoir about the close relationship she developed with activist Anthony Russo, one of the men who leaked the Pentagon Papers—and the year our country changed. Francine shares how difficult it was to write about her younger self—although she has always hidden behind her fictional characters. She also shares anecdotes from her life in San Francisco in 1974 and explains how she wove historical and personal threads together. Finally, she hints at her next novel, which is set in 1857 England.
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| 1:04.0 | Francine Prose is the author of 1974, a personal history. |
| 1:08.3 | Francine is the author of 22 works of fiction, including the highly acclaimed |
| 1:12.9 | The Vixen, Mr. Monkey, the New York Times bestseller lovers at the Camillion Club, Paris 1932, |
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