Studio 360: American Icons: The Great Gatsby
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Publisher Description
We explore F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and find out how the compact novel became an American icon. Novelist Jonathan Franzen tells us why he still reads it every year or two, and writer Patricia Hampl explains why its lightness is deceptive. We'll drive around the tony Long Island suburbs where Gatsby was set, and Azar Nafisi describes teaching the book to university students in Tehran. Readings come courtesy of Scott Shepherd, an actor who sometimes performs the entire book from memory. [Broadcast Date: November 10, 2007]
Customer Reviews
Excellent and accessible
This is the most interesting and accessible examination of this great American novel that I've ever heard. I made me rethink what I knew about Fitzgerald and want to pick up this book for the third time to rediscover it anew. Kurt Anderson and his producers craft a program that is fun and relevant to Americans NOW, not just literary critics talking to one another.