Book Reading

Transcript

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Feb 1 - 4
A Season of short stories in the Book Reading
From the Diary of a New York Lady by Dorothy Parker Feb l
Love and Nuts by Julian Davies Feb 2
Away from the Capital by Jessica Anderson Feb 3
The Boatman of Lake Burley Griffen by Dorothy Johnston Feb 4

Feb 7 - l8
From Sleep Unbound
by Andree Chedid
Translated by Sharon Spencer
At the age of l5, Samya, an Egyptian woman, is forced into a loveless and humiliating marriage. Boutros, her husband, is interested in her only in so far as she will provide him with a son. In pregnancy, Samya becomes for the first time a person to whom consideration is due. A daughter is born. Judged a failure because she did not produce a son, Samya is condemned to isolation in the home. Her act of revenge is both swift and liberatory.
Adapted, produced and directed by Anne Wynter

Feb 21 - March 7
Candide
by Voltaire
Translated by John Butt
Reader: Anton Lesser
Candide, written by Voltaire in l759, follows the amorous adventures of the hero, and beautiful Cunegonde.
Voltaire's famous tale is both the shaggiest of shaggy-dog stories and a funny and biting satire on the folly of optimism.
Adapted for radio by Andrew Simpson and produced for the BBC by Alex Burrett.