23. Marthe Bibesco — The Green Parrot with Lauren Cerand
Princess Marthe Bibesco, May 1929 (Photo by Sasha/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
The New York Times called The Green Parrot “A strange and beautiful story, with the faintly arid charm of a miniature painted on the cover of a seventeenth-century snuff box.” That’s just one of the many reasons Amy and Kim couldn’t wait to discuss the provocative and brilliant author Princess Marthe Bibesco and her 1924 gem of a novel. Joining them is this week’s guest, book publicist and jewelry designer Lauren Cerand.
Discussed in this episode:
The Green Parrot by Marthe Bibesco
The Eight Paradises by Marthe Bibesco
“A Rose that Held a Princess’s Secret” (Mental Floss)
Proust's Muse, The Countess Greffulhe
Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov
The Balkan Trilogy by Olivia Manning
More Was Lost by Eleanor Piryani
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides