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Alison Lurie is not only a part-time professor of English at Cornell University where she teaches creative writing and children's literature, but she is also a very successful novelist. "Her seven novels", writes Malcolm Bradbury, "collectively form a biting record of American social, moral and sexual mores from the early 1960s to the present." In conversation with Roy Plomley, she talks about her work and she chooses the eight records she would take to the mythical island. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: The Marriage Of Figaro - Overture by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: The Oxford Book of English Verse Luxury: Telephone
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- TrackArtist
- 1.The Marriage of Figaro OvertureThe Marriage of Figaro OvertureWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 2.The Horse Named BillThe Horse Named BillCarl Sandberg
- 3.Concerto for Two Violins in D minorConcerto for Two Violins in D minorJohann Sebastian Bach