Selection of texts sent by Liana Burgess to the ABC in 2001.



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Of Times and Places

by Liana Burgess

 

The suggestion of putting together a collection of places taken from Anthony Burgess's novels I seem to remember came from me towards the end of the 80's (I had just rented a place on the second floor of Rue Grimaldi which was to be our joint office) but Anthony's positive answer was so prompt that it was almost as if he had conveyed to me subliminally the idea of trying the experiment; at the same time I sensed a shadow of reticence, as if he knew that, possible intimation of death apart, making the collection was not going to be as straightforward as that.

Last Updated on Friday, 18 February 2011 13:56
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The Topography of Anthony Burgess

by Liana Burgess


I started with The Doctor is Sick (Le docteur est malade) because the book has just been published, translated into French for the first time, (ChercheMidi, 2001) and Earthly Powers because a new edition with a new introduction by Gilbert Adair has just been published by Penguin (London, 2001)

 

Last Updated on Thursday, 10 February 2011 13:33
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