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A Point of View: In Praise of the Feuilleton

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22/12/2017

In Praise of the Feuilleton

BBC Radio 4 - A Point of View, In Praise of the Feuilleton

Howard Jacobson on the art of the feuilleton and the joy of the ordinary.

A reflection on a topical issue. Howard Jacobson on the art of the feuilleton and the joy of the ordinary.

Howard Jacobson on the art of the feuilleton....and the joy of the ordinary. 

He says the feuilletonists - those writers of short observational pieces - show "you don't have to be tendentious to be of consequence". 

He asks us to step back and seek what's important around us...and even question whether there's such a thing as importance at all. 

Producer: Adele Armstrong.

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