Lawrence Norfolk: John Saturnall's Feast

Host:

Michael Silverblatt

Produced by:

Connie Alvarez,
Alan Howard

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The ostensible subject of John Saturnall's Feast (Grove Press) -- 17th century British cuisine -- rapidly gives way to related discussions of appetite, hunger, nurture, motherhood, loss and death. We explore Lawrence Norfolk's desire to write an emotionally direct, basic book about feeling, love and need.

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Lawrence Norfolk: novelist

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