The Great Political Fictions: American Wife
<p>The penultimate episode in our fictions series is about Curtis Sittenfeld’s&nbsp;<em>American Wife</em>&nbsp;(2008), which re-imagines the life of First Lady Laura Bush.&nbsp;One of the great novels about the intimacy of power and the accidents of politics, it sticks to the historical record while radically retelling it.&nbsp;What does the standard version leave out about the Bush presidency?&nbsp;How does an ordinary life become an extraordinary one?&nbsp;And where is the line between fact and fiction?</p><br><p>Sign up now to PPF+ to get all our bonus episodes along with ad-free listening: coming soon for PPF+ subscribers Robert Saunders on his favourite political novel plus a special episode on&nbsp;<em>Evita: </em><a href="http://www.ppfideas.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.ppfideas.com</a></p><br><p>Next time: Lin-Manuel Miranda’s&nbsp;<em>Hamilton</em></p><br /><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>
Past Present Future · David Runciman
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Show Notes
The penultimate episode in our fictions series is about Curtis Sittenfeld’s American Wife (2008), which re-imagines the life of First Lady Laura Bush. One of the great novels about the intimacy of power and the accidents of politics, it sticks to the historical record while radically retelling it. What does the standard version leave out about the Bush presidency? How does an ordinary life become an extraordinary one? And where is the line between fact and fiction?
Sign up now to PPF+ to get all our bonus episodes along with ad-free listening: coming soon for PPF+ subscribers Robert Saunders on his favourite political novel plus a special episode on Evita: www.ppfideas.com
Next time: Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton
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