Zadie Smith & Adam Thirlwell: The Fraud/The Future Future
<p>Historical fiction is having a moment, and at the forefront are two of 2023’s most hotly anticipated novels: Zadie Smith’s&nbsp;<em>The Fraud</em> and Adam Thirlwell’s&nbsp;<em>The Future Future</em>. Smith and Thirlwell discussed their approaches to fiction and the ways in which prose can ‘sandblast the dust off history’, as Polly Stenham writes about&nbsp;<em>The Future Future</em>.</p><br><p>Buy <em>The Fraud</em>: <a href="https://lrb.me/thefraud" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lrb.me/thefraud</a></p><p>Buy <em>The Future Future</em>:<a href=" https://lrb.me/thefuturefuture" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> https://lrb.me/thefuturefuture</a></p><p>Find more events at the Bookshop: <a href="https://lrb.me/eventspod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lrb.me/eventspod</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
London Review Bookshop Podcast
Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (podtrac.com) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.
Show Notes
Historical fiction is having a moment, and at the forefront are two of 2023’s most hotly anticipated novels: Zadie Smith’s The Fraud and Adam Thirlwell’s The Future Future. Smith and Thirlwell discussed their approaches to fiction and the ways in which prose can ‘sandblast the dust off history’, as Polly Stenham writes about The Future Future.
Buy The Fraud: lrb.me/thefraud
Buy The Future Future: https://lrb.me/thefuturefuture
Find more events at the Bookshop: lrb.me/eventspod
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.