At the Salon on November 20, longtime salon member Miranda Seymour spoke about Noble Endeavours: The Life of Two Countries, England and Germany, in Many Stories
The book is a vibrant, extraordinary history of two entwined countries told through the lives of kings and painters, soldiers and sailors, sugar-bakers and bankers, charlatans and saints.
by Jenny McPhee
Turkish novelist Elif Shafak will present her new novel The Architect’s Apprentice centered around Sinan (1490-1588), architect to the Ottoman Sultan Suleyman in Constantinople, and Canadian novelist Alix Christie will present her first novel, Gutenberg’s Apprentice, recounting the story of the making of Gutenberg’s Bible.
by Jenny McPhee
Rachel Holmes, a cultural historian and biographer, will be in conversation with Kamila Shamsie, discussing her new book, Eleanor Marx: A Life, a biography of the feminist daughter of Karl Marx. Eleanor Marx was the first woman to lead the British dockworkers’ union and the first to translate Madam Bovary into English, as well as serving as a tireless secretary for her father, Karl Marx. Rachel Holmes is the author of two biographies: The Secret Life of Dr. James Barry and The Hottentot Venus. She co-edited the much-discussed Fifty Shades of Feminism. Her biography of Eleanor Marx was featured as Book of the Week on BBC Radio 4 in May.
Kamila Shamsie is the author of six novels, including A God in Every Stone, which she discussed at the May Salon, and Burnt Shadows, shortlisted for the Orange Prize.
by Jenny McPhee
Biographer and salon member Carole Angier talks to Lucy Hughes-Hallet about her latest book, The Pike: Gabriele d’Annunzio, Poet, Seducer and Preacher of War.
by Jenny McPhee
Lynne Segal appeared at the Salon to discuss her new book, Out of Time: The Perils and Pleasures of Aging, in conversation with literary critic Elaine Showalter
“Lynne Segal cuts through the current discourse on ageing with a sharp scalpel, an open mind and boundless compassion. If you have detected even one grey hair, read this book while you still have time”
– Barbara Ehrenreich
