Episode image is a detail from the cover of The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood, published in 2006 by Cannongate Books.

Episode image is a detail from the cover of The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood, published in 2006 by Cannongate Books.

Detail from the cover of Ordinary Affects by Kathleen Stewart; photo by Nic Nicosia, Real Pictures #11, 1988, courtesy of the artist and Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX.

Detail from the cover of Ordinary Affects by Kathleen Stewart; photo by Nic Nicosia, Real Pictures #11, 1988, courtesy of the artist and Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX.

Joining Charles Adrian for the 120th Second Hand Book Factory is writer, theatre-maker, freelance producer and perpetual interloper Jules Orcullo. They talk impressions of India’s sacred city, a snapshot of America and a retelling of Penelope’s story.

Other writing by Margaret Atwood are discussed in Page One 47 (Alias Grace), Page One 86 (Forty Years Ago And Forty Years Ahead), Page One 95 (Hair Jewellery) and Page One 108 (The Edible Woman).

Episode released: 28th November, 2017.

 

Book listing:

Benares: Walks Through India’s Sacred City by Nandini Majumdar

Ordinary Affects by Kathleen Stewart

The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood

 

Links:

Page One 47

Page One 86

Page One 95

Page One 108

Jules Orcullo

Charles Adrian