Studio 360: The Great Gatsby - Kurt Andersen

Studio 360: The Great Gatsby

By Kurt Andersen

  • Release Date: 2010-11-27
  • Genre: Arts & Entertainment
  • © 2010 WNYC New York and Public Radio International

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Summary : Studio 360: The Great Gatsby

Studio 360 explores F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and finds out how this compact novel became the great American story of our age. Novelist Jonathan Franzen tells Kurt Andersen why he still reads it every year or two, and writer Patricia Hampl explains why its lightness is deceptive.

Then, we'll drive around the tony Long Island suburbs where Gatsby was set, and we'll hear from Andrew Lauren about his film G, which sets Gatsby among the hip-hop moguls.

And Azar Nafisi describes the power of 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 27, 2010]

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