Part two of Rosa
Rankin-Gee's chat with This Writing Life begins with a discussion of the
coming-of-age-story (in her case, debut novel The Last Kings of Sark). ----more----From there it was a sprightly leap across echoes of Dickens and metaphorical islands to:
- stages in and of life
- 'I am fascinated with the idea of bluffing and posturing...'
- when does a doctor - or a novelist - become a doctor - or a novelist?
- how does Rosa write (in Paris)?
- writing for money (the day job in copy-writing) v writing for art (the other day job)
- $ million idea: canned applause and booing for writers at work
- living in France, speaking in French and jokes about Joseph Conrad
- vegetarian restaurants, Hemingway, racist street signs and Parisian chit chat
- sadness, marriage, Scott Fitzgerald's balls: A Moveable Feast chit chat
- Bonjour Tristesse: writing about the past
- Rosa-tinted spectacles, Rosa on the Rise and other Rosa-related puns
- obsession with the passing of time
Part three of four to follow.
