Episode #207 “Queens
and Spiritus Mundi” (broadcasting April 15th,
2015)
Only on LIFE 25 at 10:30 pm
Textbooks only outline
the key players of our socio-historical conflicts to better elevate their
status and mythologize them within our ideological assumptions. This is what we
called the “Grand Narratives.” But
what about the “little narratives”? The lives of those millions of people whose
contributions have made the “Grand Narratives” possible? This week books look
into personal accounts:
John Oller, “American Queen: The
Rise and Fall of Kate Chase Sprague” depicts the story of the charismatic and
beautiful daughter of Lincoln’s Treasury Secretary who used her social graces
and political acumen to make a name for herself in Washington and ran the show
from behind the scenes, only to lose everything at the end and be forgotten.
M J Rose, “The Witch Of
Painted Sorrows” moves to the backdrop of the Belle Époque in Paris. When Sandrine Salome escapes an abusive
husband for her grandmother’s Paris mansion, what she finds there is even more
menacing. The house is closed and under renovation for mysterious reason. But
Sandrine insists on visiting the dangerous mansion, where her “wild night of
the soul” is forced to find expression and flight.
Alyson Richman, “The Garden of
Letters,” follows Elodie, a young cello prodigy. When Mussolini’s fascist regime strikes her family, Elodie
is drawn into the burgeoning resistance movement by a young and impassioned
bookseller. “The Garden of Letters” is a story of love, courage, and the power
of the human spirit to find hope against the backdrop of war.
Thank you to CITY WINERY, NY
The Books du Jour and Book Case TV Teams
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