Carrying the Elephant/This is Not My Nose

Synopsis: A double-CD collection of prose-poems written and read by Michael Rosen.'Carrying the Elephant’ and ‘This is Not my Nose’ are both autobiographical in nature. The first of these extended sequences of prose-poems traces an up-bringing within a radical Jewish family, the story of a marriage and its breakdown, the loss of a dear son and the rediscovery of love. The second recounts the story of a personal illness - undiagnosed for years -and recovery from it. Both explore the themes of personal & political awareness within contexts such as the cold-war and the current ‘war on terror’ - and both offer a rare honesty, an original humour and a unique intimacy.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2005
Year of production: 2005
Documentation: Carrying the Elephant & This is Not my Nose were published in book form by Penguin Books in 2002 & 2004 respectively
Subjects: English language and literature; Psychology; Sociology
Keywords: biographies; poetry; social issues; contemporary society; Rosen, Michael

Writer

Michael Rosen

Cast

Michael Rosen

Name: 57 Productions
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