Raymond Blanc
Chef Raymond Blanc chooses his favourite writing, with readers Sinead Cusack and Julian Rhind-Tutt. Recorded at Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons. Choices include Zola, Brel and Rimbaud.
Chef Raymond Blanc chooses his favourite writing, with readers Sinead Cusack and Julian Rhind-Tutt. Recorded at Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons. Raymond's deep love of literature encompasses poetry by Rimbaud, and excerpts from Cooking in Ten Minutes by Edouard de Pomiane, The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran, The Belly of Paris by Emile Zola and The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Also the words of a song, Ne Me Quitte Pas, by Jacques Brel.
Producer Beth O'Dea.
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Extracts chosen:
The Belly of Paris by Ếmile Zola, translated by Brian NelsonÌý
Le Dormeur du Val by Arthur Rimbaud, from the collection Les Riches Heures de la Poesie Française by Luc DecaunesÌýÌýÌý
English translation by Wyatt Mason: A Sleeper in the ValleyÌý
Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations, edited by Gyles BrandrethÌý
The Little Prince / Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, translated by Irene Testot-FerryÌý
Cooking in 10 minutes by Edouard de Pomiane, translated by Peggie BentonÌý
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, translated by David McDuffÌý
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
SONG: Ne Me Quitte Pas written and sung by Jacques Brel, from Les 100 Plus Belles Chansons CD2
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Raymond Blanc |
| Reader | Sinead Cusack |
| Reader | Julian Rhind-Tutt |
| Producer | Beth O'Dea |
Broadcasts
- Mon 16 Feb 2015 16:00±«Óãtv Radio 4
- Thu 2 Apr 2015 23:30±«Óãtv Radio 4
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