Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman on BBC Radio 4

by Pier Marton | Sep 23, 2011 | Antisemitism, Books, Death, Doc, Human Rights, Jewish, Podcasts(E), Politics, Racism, Shoah, Theater, Wars, Women | 1 comment

8 hours to try to capture 871 pages…
As podcasts for less than 27 days.
With Kenneth Branagh and David Tennant.
An introduction to Grossman and to the radio drama, both in the Guardian.

1 Comment

Aspiring Drummer on September 23, 2011 at 11:38 pm

Hi there! I have to thank you for sharing this. I’m really looking forward to it now, and I don’t know that I would ever have heard of it otherwise! 🙂

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BREAK THE SURFACE
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To ride the unbalance* between:
1. excellence and a kind, singular and porous identity that contains some of the scruples, humor, humility, musicality & the beauty of a harsh and confusing, yet benign and rich reality – away from distractions.
2. the stupidity and blindness of complacency, violence, injustice, pretense, egos, short-term… wishful… and group “thinking,” and empty talk – in all of their surprising embodiments. And the false sense of fullness all of this provides.
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An appeal for a world NOT so caught up in anthropo/ego/euro/ethno/oculo/esthetico -CENTRISM.
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1. Beware of those who claim to be strong – they are often dangerous.
2. Unmask the hoax of “centrality” – ask an “EX-centric” for assistance?
3. Perceive the arrogance of normalcy: everybody, in one way or another, is handicapped… which brings us back to 1.
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*Not unrelated to “There is beauty and there are the humiliated. Whatever difficulties the enterprise may present, I should like never to be unfaithful either to the second or the first.” — Albert Camus