Charlotte Wood: The Weekend

夏洛特·伍德:周末

World Book Club

社会与文化

2024-04-01

49 分钟
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Award-winning Australian novelist Charlotte Wood joins Harriett Gilbert to answer questions from readers around the world about her novel, The Weekend. It's a story of grief and friendship; three women meet to clear their deceased friend’s beach house and find themselves uncovering secrets and stirring up memories. (Image: Charlotte Wood. Photo credit: Carly Earl.)

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  • Hello, this is the BBC World Service.

  • I'm Harriet Gilbert.

  • Welcome to World Book Club.

  • This month we've been reading a novel that explores the tribulations of old age and old friendships.

  • Darkly funny, frequently poignant, it's called the Weekend.

  • And here to answer questions about it from BBC listeners around the world is its award winning Australian author, Charlotte Wood.

  • Charlotte, welcome to World Book Club.

  • Thank you so much, Harriet.

  • It's lovely to be here.

  • Well, it's lovely to have you.

  • And I gather that as well as being turned into a TV series, the Weeknd has also been now adapted for the stage.

  • Did you expect it to have these kind of side lives if you like these second incarnations?

  • No, I didn't.

  • I've had books option for film many times and that's for me like throwing a little penny in a wishing well or something.

  • Whether it comes about, I think, I think it is going to make the screen this time.

  • But the stage play was quite out of the blue and very beautifully done, I must say.

  • Well, as well as several non fiction books, Charlotte Wood has written seven novels, the most recent being Stonyard Devotional.

  • But it's her previous novel, the Weekend, that we're talking about today.

  • At its heart are three women in their 70s friends who've known each other for years.

  • First, in the order in which we meet them, comes Jude, hypercritical, super organized and until her retirement, in charge of an upmarket restaurant.