A Woman without a Country
Nathan Osgood reads John Cheever's classic short story about a young woman whose moment of scandal in suburban America causes her to flee to Europe.
"I saw her that spring between the third and fourth races at Campino with the Conte de Capra - the one with the mustache"
John Cheever's classic short story is about a young woman whose moment of scandal in suburban America causes her to flee to Europe, starting with Genoa. But she later turns up at all the best watering-holes across the continent. She is restless. She is homesick. Then a momentous decision to return to America seems best for her, until that song is heard at Idlewild Airport...
The story of a young American woman, who graces the
best watering holes of Europe, ever restless...
Read by Nathan Osgood
Producer Duncan Minshull.
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- Mon 23 Aug 2010 20:15大象传媒 Radio 3