The Shakespeare and Company Interview cover image

On Bodies, Freedom and Change, with Olivia Laing

The Shakespeare and Company Interview

00:00

The Lonely City by Nina Simona

The body should be the only place where one is guaranteed to feel at home. And if that is not the case, and that was not the case for nina simona, then something has certainly gone wrong. This this sort of sense that aure bodies in code all kinds of our past history runs right through the book. You see it so clearly with somebody like nina simon, who is both suffering as an individual and has really painful relationships with her mother,. Thes sort of difficult inemise with her daughter. But also you just can't understand her without under anding all these other political factors that are impacting on her.

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app