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The Bell

The Bell

FromLit Century


The Bell

FromLit Century

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Length:
65 minutes
Released:
Feb 13, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Na Zhong and Catherine Nichols discuss Iris Murdoch's 1958 novel The Bell. They discuss Murdoch's characters and the unique ethical quandaries of the book, as well as Murdoch's love of swimming and the size of the bell itself.


A native of Chengdu, China, Na Zhong is a fiction writer who now calls
New York her home. Her work has been recognized by organizations such as
MacDowell and the Center for Fiction. Additionally, she serves as a
columnist at China Books Review and is the co-founder of Accent Society.
She has finished her first novel.
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Released:
Feb 13, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (67)

Hosts Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols choose one book for each year of the twentieth century (Nella Larsen's Passing, 1936, Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls, 1966; Mohandas Gandhi's Indian Home Rule, 1909) and talk about it in its historical and literary context. Join the hosts and their special guests to find out what the 20th century was all about.