I am so glad she mentioned Kafka's 'The Trial'. One of my favorite books! Donna Tartt is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors (forgive me... I'm only halfway through The Goldfinch -- my first Tartt book).
@alexb99692 жыл бұрын
Have you read The Secret History?
@nursemain31747 ай бұрын
@@alexb9969tsh is not her best work
@amarjotsingh84553 ай бұрын
@@nursemain3174it is, I hated the goldfinch 😂
@OneSummerSky9 жыл бұрын
16:09 OMG this is painful indeed. Donna Tartt begging the *interviewer* to ask her a question...to which he answers: "I don't know....I have to think about this one". After which *he walks away?!* YIKES. Zero preparation. He hasn't read the book, nor prepared any questions?
@rt_aue5 жыл бұрын
Love the chemistry between Donna and the secondary interviewer. Like others have said I wish that the guy in the middle took a step back and stopped interrupting the discussion. Otherwise so lovely to hear Donna talk about her biggest influence... a shame she doesn't do more interviews.
@tomwaits122510 жыл бұрын
Poor Donna Tartt, she obviously had so much to say, but they kept talking about dumb trivial stuff
@neonatalpenguin2 жыл бұрын
I've been watching quite a few Donna Tartt interviews on KZfaq, and she seems to get talked over a lot. I can't understand why.
@Al-ho1oo Жыл бұрын
@@neonatalpenguin same here. I have a guess, but I can't say with certainty, which makes me glad, for I don't want it to be the case.
@TinyEpics Жыл бұрын
@@neonatalpenguinHmmm… men talking over women? Pretty sure it’s a common phenomenon.
@58angieb7 ай бұрын
You'd think the 2 male dimwits would've prepared better before interviewing Donna Tartt: making themselves look,& sound like idiots,though they probably think that they're super intelligent!
@andyc211247 Жыл бұрын
Everytime I listen to DT, I pick up a few more brilliant 5 dollar words like 'virtuousic'. She's a wonderful, adorable brainiac.
@grahamcaldecott9 жыл бұрын
I'm inspired to read this book thanks to the wonderful Donna.
@DermochelysCoriacea7 жыл бұрын
Donna Tartt has a phenomenal persona.
@MrGalonge6 жыл бұрын
This was not nearly long enough for such a masterpiece.
@Livgirl2310 жыл бұрын
Wow... I would have loved to hear this interview without the insecurities of the main guy getting in the way.
@lindaklase38217 жыл бұрын
DONNA TARTT IS A GENIUS. BRILLIANT. AN ARTISTE EXTRAORDINAIRE.
@carlosherrera638410 жыл бұрын
The main guy is completely out of place next to Ms. Tartt. He should have been fired immediately. You don't tell such a master mind that "it's too many details".
@dwayneparkerUSA10 жыл бұрын
I don't think he meant to be insulting, they just have to keep the show moving.
@alecapin3 жыл бұрын
It’s called sense of humor. Besides, they are in Holland!!! They are not stupidly PC as in USA ;)
@clarkelavelle73037 жыл бұрын
Dear me.... Has the presenter read anything?! Does he have any interest in literature? Did he know anything about Donna Tartt before he found her on his guest list, and thought, "Who's she..?" This guy should so NOT be presenting this programme...!!!
@davidjones92085 жыл бұрын
Well done, and thank you. I share your mania, having read the novel every summer since University in the 1980s.
@timothyrigney13198 жыл бұрын
Virginia Blaine has an excellent discussion of the role of the "dual narration" in Harold Bloom's "Modern Criticisms" collection. (Published in 1987, Chelsea House - originally Spring of 1985 in Literature and History, volume 11.)
@OhSmexyGirlfriend5 жыл бұрын
Ogh, I love her so much. I wanna be friends with her 😭 and this interviewer on the right has some cute things to say. Bloke in the middle, however, is a whole mess. Honestly, it takes immense hubris to come so unprepared and clueless into such a situation. I don't think he realizes who he's speaking with.
@kristinmarra70058 ай бұрын
Bleak House deserves so much more. Thrilled Donna Tartt gets it.
@Raphaelfa6 жыл бұрын
I guess everybody is right about these two clueless hipsters, even so I haven't seen her have this much fun in any other interview and really enjoyed the video! They did something right..
@dominicm2559 жыл бұрын
neither pf these guys know anything about books and literature, strange they should be chosen to interview such a heavy weight as DT. Her deconstruction of the novel and Dickensian is fascinating, and opened my mind up to his peculiar genius
@sandrae2398 Жыл бұрын
I love Donna tartt's interviews. Such a sharp, witty mind! Also the guy in the middle made things so awkward 😭 I can't believe he just walked off like that...and for what? He was so unprofessional. Donna Tartt handled this very well. The guy in the middle was so intense, so...jealous? I don't know what his problem was. Was he trying to be funny?
@tthomas184 Жыл бұрын
I think his problem was he wasn't familiar with the book, which was in jarring contrast to the other interviewer. Then at the end, he blanked out, got embarrassed and tried to be funny about it, which didn't work. But the other person more then made up for his deficiencies.
@arandombookworm78423 жыл бұрын
I know these interviewers weren’t the best but Donna Tartt seems to be having fun
@wm6h3 ай бұрын
It’s fun to listen to her charming Mississippi accent become attenuated over time in the interviews. Walking into Bennington College (New England) for the first time-she probably made a striking impression on everyone.
@bibubinuthomas51483 жыл бұрын
For me, Dickens is always the genius who penned 'A Tale of Two Cities'. P.S. Donna is amazing.
@musicfan238able7 жыл бұрын
My sympathy to Donna Tartt - trying give a simplified version of any Dickens story. There are usually so many subplots, it's not easy to decide what is the main plot. Jarndyce v Jarndyce was not satisfactorily explained - the real point is that these estates were milked dry by the lawyers. Well done for trying Donna, in very trying circumstances.
@Thatswilliestime3 жыл бұрын
RIP her beautiful Mississippi accent
@melflo465110 жыл бұрын
This interview is so painful to watch.
@captainnolan506210 ай бұрын
Bleak house is my favorite Dickens book.
@willlexie3 жыл бұрын
“Dude, check . this . out ! I got this job to host this book thing with some chick named Donna something, Tart maybe, like cake. So yeah, will talk about classic book, that writer Charles Dickens who wrote about poor kids begging for more foods blah blah blah and so on.” “But you don’t understand literature.” “Shhh! I’ll just read the Wikipedia. Nobody’s going to know. I got paid anyway. Oh, I will make jokes too by saying the audience are illiterate, but just for a laugh.” “But it’s no...” “Dude, you support me or nah?”
@Celia_0910 ай бұрын
Who is the guy with glasses Donna talks about Dickens with??? He looks really nice and as interested in Dickens as her
@TheChannelofaDisappointedMan5 жыл бұрын
Fair play to Tartt, but the two guys interviewing her are a terrible combination of the smug and the trivial.
@shashwatpandey13714 жыл бұрын
wow this was hurting me physically
@amyclarke418 жыл бұрын
Some people cant listen
@user-mm8zv1tw1n4 жыл бұрын
Gorgeous woman!
@dasglasperlenspiel10 Жыл бұрын
Very good!
@christophedevos3760 Жыл бұрын
My impression is that people, mostly male, who are interviewing Donna Tartt, are very patronizing, a bit condescending with her. I don't understand it, because she's an incredible smart person.
@epistolarydreams75552 жыл бұрын
Most of y'all are so pressed in this comment section
@advancedraymondology2914 Жыл бұрын
For real. The conversation the way the commenters describe it is way different than the one I heard.
@Shmyrk Жыл бұрын
Is dude in the middle jealous that the other guy and tartt are connecting?
@KevTheImpaler9 жыл бұрын
I liked Bleak House, but I liked Great Expectations a lot more. My favourite character was Mr Guppy, and I liked Jo too. Interesting about Esther Summerson being an unreliable witness. How is she unreliable? She has a certain perspective, to be sure, but I would call her opinions fair comment. She is not like Pip from Great Expectations, who definitely is a bit of an unreliable narrator.
@joniheisenberg66912 жыл бұрын
Are the two gentlemen for real ? Of course people have read Dickens!
@jacklawrence2212 Жыл бұрын
What's the guy in the middle's problem? He's acting like he's six and they took away his favourite toy.
@kathyscott92192 жыл бұрын
This is an older discussion and I just came upon it. The interviewers are truly awful. I will still watch and listen to DT, but these guys are making it a trying experience.
@fruitychink9 жыл бұрын
What an awful interview !!!! Bleak House is a wonderful novel which I read in sixth year at school . It is a complicated plot that deserves a more extended discussion than his .
@stephenreeds36724 жыл бұрын
It takes some reading but it's worth it. BBC dramatisation was superb.
@charlottedolmark89414 жыл бұрын
250 million euros for Donna tartt. Be thankful for it, I have to share my billion with 5 people.
@leoquesto91833 жыл бұрын
Squandered opportunity. "Too many details," he said. It took him until nearly the end to catch on that she was chiding him. I think there are plenty of us who abhor illiterates with the attention span of swipe who think they speak for the group. Rude little boys.
@Ash-ms3 жыл бұрын
Jesus Christ 😂 y'all are taking this too seriously 😭
@leoquesto91833 жыл бұрын
D Moore That's the spirit. Let's embrace a less nuanced world in general and in particular our appreciation and analyses of art, you know, the unimportant stuff in life.
@shethewriter4 жыл бұрын
Is the host getting paid to make this panel as short as possible
@hampusheh4 ай бұрын
Of course the interviewers are dutch guys...
@Highlyguided40 Жыл бұрын
Why did they choose these people to discuss if they all didn’t read it… the guy in the middle was awful.
@BigJokeMortgageBank5 жыл бұрын
The seating arrangement was totally wrong! She should have been seated to the far right, and the two guys should be seated on the left and in the middle. If she sat on the far right of the screen, she'd have no problem saw by every one of the audiences. Yet what we saw in this one was she's always away from the camera and only part of the audiences could see her face or profile, the people sat on the left could only saw part of her right profile. I just couldn't believe these production team so brainless to arrange such stupid seating position.
@robertmatthews43977 жыл бұрын
When Donna Tartt tells the interviewer how to pronounce the case name, she incorrectly calls it "Jarndyce versus Jarndyce". In fact, we say "Jarndyce and Jarndyce" even though it is written "Jarndyce v Jarndyce".
@barrym36514 жыл бұрын
4th grade is 8 - 9 years old . For those who are not from Trumpland
@acherontas6663 жыл бұрын
She Lost her mid 90's southern accent
@58angieb7 ай бұрын
Emma Woodhouse is the first unreliable narrator in Literature. 'Emma'- Jane Austen.
@AlexRider5892 жыл бұрын
What a bad interviewer!
@fredwild216611 ай бұрын
You DID NOT read Oliver Twist in 3rd/4th grade!
@David-te9nq11 ай бұрын
The interviewers/hosts need to work on their game.