A welcome arrival on YouTube: a recording of the 1984 Booker Prize dinner at which Anita Brookner learned of her win. Brookner's surprise is genuine; it was a strong year. The clip includes Julian Barnes (see last week's post) and Brookner's future biographer Hermione Lee.
Thank you for posting this video. She looks and sounds just as I imagined. Her comment about 55 minutes, with slides, just fits her perfectly!
ReplyDeleteCertainly distinctive!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I had never heard her voice or seen her in motion before. What a wonderful website.
ReplyDeleteI felt quite moved watching that clip. To see and hear this woman for the first time…. Put simply, I loved her work. Each of her books I’ve read several times. She mesmerised me. Every summer waiting for the latest book to appear… A wonderful, wonderful author. My absolute favourite writer. Thank you for sharing that video.
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DeleteThis made me weep… lovely to see her face when she won.
ReplyDeleteA truly authentic modesty.
DeleteThank you, thank you, for posting this.
ReplyDeleteShe was a genius!
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