Episode 10
This fragmented and compelling story of modern America concludes with Rose's stepson Cicero and her grandson Sergius.
By Jonathan Lethem
A Twentieth Century American epic by prize-winning novelist Jonathan Lethem, applying his sharp, funny and perfectly crafted prose to an alternative history of America which puts a woman at its heart - a Jewish, Communist woman, a single mother, a second generation immigrant deeply involved in the civil rights movement.
In 1955 Rose Zimmer is kicked out of the American Communist party for her affair with a black policeman. Her ire and her radicalism, her incendiary disappointment in the Twentieth Century, prove inescapable for the generations that come after her - her idealistic hippy daughter Miriam, black stepson Cicero and her lost grandson Sergius. A fragmented and compelling story of modern America from the perspective of those who lost out.
Episode 10: This fragmented and compelling story of modern America concludes with Rose's stepson Cicero, and her grandson Sergius.
Read by Laurel Lefkow
Abridged by Elizabeth Reeder
Produced by Allegra McIlroy.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Reader | Laurel Lefkow |
| Producer | Allegra McIlroy |
| Abridger | Elizabeth Reeder |
| Author | Jonathan Lethem |
Broadcast
- Fri 31 Jan 2014 22:45麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 4
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