Jul 22 2024 38 mins 3
🚨 New Episode Alert! 🚨
In this episode of Eau Libre, I'm thrilled to welcome the incredible writer Deborah Levy. And yes, we'll be switching to English for this journey!
I was so lucky to meet, swim, and chat with Deborah, whose iconic, groovy voice will captivate you. Incredibly fortunate to have Deborah reading for us in this episode.
🎧 Highlights to Dive Into:
🌊 Minute 20: What's the difference between swimmers in Paris and London? Deborah explains!
📜 Minute 29: Deborah shares a mesmerizing piece commissioned by Whitstable Biennale, driven by T.S. Eliot's line "I have measured out my life with coffee spoons." Unpublished to this date. If anything, just go to minute 29.
🐙 Minute 35: An ominous minute discussing jellyfish in Hot Milk —and guess what happened the next day? A jellyfish encounter! Guess who got stung? Yep, your host!
If you haven't read Deborah yet, you're in for a treat. Twice shortlisted for the Booker Prize, she’s a major figure in contemporary literature.
Check out:
📖 Hot Milk, also the book for which she swam the most.
📖 Swimming Home : gem.
📖 Her enchanting three-part autobiography.
A special thanks to Fanny @fanny_boucher for an amazing weekend full of swimming and good time ❤️
Listen now and immerse yourself in this poetic and profound episode.
Timeline
3min: introduction: Swimming & Déborah
5min30: childhood memories
9min: swimming in Paris
10min20: cold water swimming?
12min: swimming in the Ponds & Parliament hill Lido in London
15min: head under the water
16min: sea swimming
17min20: frightening swim in Cornwall
20min: people swim differently in London and Paris (etiquette)
22min: feeling and thinking while swimming
29min : “watery things” piece commissioned by Whitstable Biennale - TS Elliot ‘I have measured out my life with coffee spoons”
33min30 : writer’s block
35min: closing
Mouillez-vous 💧💧💧
La musique du générique, c'est Samar Grewal - Check him out on https://noseforsound.fr
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