Harriett Gilbert Book Discussion + Martin Amis
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“Oct 31, 2018
Dear Harriett Gilbert,
I’ve been listening to the BBC book review podcast lately and want to compliment you as an impeccable host. Your questions are excellent, and you allow your guests to answer them. You are a skillful interviewer.
I’d like also to mention Martin Amis’ comment in regards to Barbara Pym. Martin told me he couldn’t understand her appeal as a writer; he just didn’t get it!
Sian Harries pointed out in Pym’s novels “nothing ever happens;” but, the minutiae in life. Rather, they were about “excellent women” of that post war era.
Mr. Amis (IMHO, an alpha man) could not connect with the female characters in Pym’s novels.
Having read most of Pym’s novels, I quote or refer to her pithy words in my memoir “Visiting Martin Amis.”
You can read a free sample of “Visiting Martin Amis” on Amazon.co.uk or Kindle.com below.
Thank you for your attention.
Sincerely yours,
Julia Clinch
Everett, Washington
USA
Sent from my iPhone”
jules a.c. via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/04/18
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