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Episode image is a detail from the cover of Distant View Of A Minaret by Alifa Rifaat, published in 1985 by Heinemann; cover illustration by Sabiha Khemie.
Shorter than usual, for good reason, this week’s Page One is a skim through the first pages of some short stories. Always remember that the first page of a short story is extremely good value because what you are getting is a greater proportion of the whole.
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth is discussed in Page One 101.
The collection of Nabokov short stories, mentioned here, was in fact given to Charles Adrian by Michael Caines when they recorded Page One 25.
Martin Bengtsson talks about Daniil Kharms in Page One 58.
The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter is also discussed in Page One 135 and in Page One 141. Other books by Angela Carter discussed on the podcast are Wise Children (Page One 54), The Passion Of New Eve (Page One 76) and The Sadean Women (Page One 123 and, briefly, Page One 190)
Other writing by Margaret Atwood is discussed in Page One 47 (Alias Grace), Page One 95 (Hair Jewellery), Page One 108 (The Edible Woman), and Page One 146 (The Penelopiad).
This episode has been edited to remove music that is no longer covered by licence for this podcast.
This episode features a jingle written for the podcast by the band Friends Of Friends.
Episode released: 1st July, 2014.
Book listing:
The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
A Bad Day To Be Winning by George McWhirter
On Reaching Forty by Maya Angelou
Forty Years Ago And Forty Years Ahead by Margaret Atwood
How To Describe A Jazz-Age Birthday Party by Sarah Churchwell
The False Prophet by Sembene Ousmane (trans. Len Ortzen)
Distant View Of A Minaret by Alifa Rifaat (trans. Denys Johnson-Davies)
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