Colm T贸ib铆n essays, and revisiting Shirley Hazzard
Chris Power talks to Colm T贸ib铆n about his essays on illness, religion and literature. Plus exploring Shirley Hazzard's work with biographer Brigitta Olubas and Stephanie Merritt.
Chris Power talks to Colm T贸ib铆n about A Guest at the Feast, a collection of essays which span his illness, Wexford upbringing, religion and banned books.
Plus with a new biography of Australian-born Shirley Hazzard, its author Brigitta Olubas talks about her extraordinary life and work. Stephanie Merritt, also known as SJ Parris, joins to discuss why The Transit of Venus may be one of the great, overlooked 20th century novels.
Presenter: Chris Power
Reader: Joanna Monro
Producer: Ciaran Bermingham
Book List 鈥� Sunday 30 October and Thursday 3 November
A Guest at the Feast by Colm T贸ib铆n
The South by Colm T贸ib铆n
The Heather Blazing by Colm T贸ib铆n
The Country Girls by Edna O鈥橞rien
Couples by John Updike
The Age of Reason by Jean-Paul Sartre
The Dark by John McGahern
The Pornographer by John McGahern
Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life by Brigitta Olubas
The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard
The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard
Defeat of an Ideal by Shirley Hazzard
Countenance of Truth by Shirley Hazzard
Greene on Capri: A Memoir by Shirley Hazzard
The Collected Stories of Shirley Hazzard
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