William Golding - 1950s Interview

[@muggedinmadrid]

fascinating. thanks so much for sharing.

[@kelman727]

‘Convenient’ because the plot requires it. Duh. Simon was a ‘saint’ in the original text, complete with miracles. In the finished novel he is a tragic scapegoat. Interesting how Golding could never quite let go of that, even though most of the edit on the book was toning Simon down and making him explicable in purely rational terms.

[@benoykmy]

I think some portion is missing towards the end of it. Can I get it

[@sophiakiedrowski587]

William Golding reminds me of Santa Claus for some reason

[@edmund184]

No one looked at England with such original and uncompromising eyes as William Golding.

[@thomasbeaumont3668]

Someone must have, else his novel wouldn't have resonated with anyone

[@wisperingbeard]

Would really love the transcript of this fascinating interview with Sir William. Or even the mp3 to download. Anyone?

[@dirkbag22]

Are you on a PC? Look up MediaHuman which is a very simple bit of software which will create an mp3 for you.

[@martm216]

Does anyone know what year in the 1950's this took place?

[@lesgoe8908]

The Casebook Edition of LORD OF THE FLIES includes a transcript of this interview and states that it is a BBC interview from 1959.

[@martm216]

@@lesgoe8908 thanks!

[@circlesinthenight3141]

I love hearing his voice

[@martm216]

Me too. I have long been a student of Golding. The way he speaks here, and in other interviews and lectures, is the measured, authoritative, voice that his wonderful novels would lead you to expect. Yet a reading of the superb biography by John Carey reveals a far more uncertain, often troubled, personality. Which in a way is encouraging for still unpublished novelists like me, who are very often uncertain and frequently troubled!

[@yaayayayyayaayyayayay]

@@martm216 wait a minute are you talking about THE William Golding who wrote the lord of the flies

[@martm216]

@@yaayayayyayaayyayayay yes

[@zdrastvutye]

i know this name from school. how much is true in" the lord of the flies"? 100th thumb up. unfortunately there are no subtitles

[@jonharrison9222]

?

[@nigelgreen9369]

I wonder, now 40 years have passed, if I return to Golding, if my appreciation of him will improve. Having listened to this interview, which is interesting for a number of reasons that would take an entire essay of itself to unpack, I find it is like looking back through nicotine-encrusted glass at a time that deserves to be listened to, like an old 78 record, and to which you quietly nod, slip back into its faded cover and put away. An interesting moment but my I remember my English Teacher was affronted when I wore a black armband to her class (she was a huge Golding fan) when he won the Nobel. Still, I am old, white and privileged now, perhaps my attitudes have calcified enough to enjoy his writing - we shall see.

[@immacolatamastronardo406]

E tutto inglese, E l'italiano?

[@Jobe-13]

Cool!