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The Shell House
In 1972, a spinster scientist with private means meets an exiled Czech architect whose career has stalled.
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Published February 14, 2008
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Ronald Frame
48 books13 followersRonald Frame was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1953, and educated there and at Oxford. He is the author of thirteen internationally published works of fiction, is an award-winning television and radio scriptwriter, and has recently received international recognition for his short stories set in the fictitious Scottish spa town of Carnbeg.
In 1984 he was joint-winner of the first Betty Trask Prize for fiction. In 1999 his novel The Lantern Bearers was longlisted for The Man Booker Prize and won the 2000 Saltire Award for Scottish Book of the Year.
In August 2001 he delivered the inaugural Saltire Lecture at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, which received wide press coverage. He spoke at the New York Public Library in late October 2001 following appearances at the Toronto International Festival of Authors. The American Library Association named Ronald Frame as winner of the Barbara Gittings Honor Award in Fiction for 2003.
In 1984 he was joint-winner of the first Betty Trask Prize for fiction. In 1999 his novel The Lantern Bearers was longlisted for The Man Booker Prize and won the 2000 Saltire Award for Scottish Book of the Year.
In August 2001 he delivered the inaugural Saltire Lecture at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, which received wide press coverage. He spoke at the New York Public Library in late October 2001 following appearances at the Toronto International Festival of Authors. The American Library Association named Ronald Frame as winner of the Barbara Gittings Honor Award in Fiction for 2003.
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January 14, 2017
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008xh40Description: Ronald Frame's play tells the story of an unusual romance. In 1972, a spinster scientist with private means meets an exiled Czech architect whose career has stalled. She offers him a commission for a weekend house on some land she owns on the Suffolk coast. The strange, daring and beautiful building that results will haunt their lives.
Barbara ...... Sylvestra Le Touzel
Jaromir ...... Struan Rodger.
February 5, 2017
From BBC Radio 4 - Afternoon Drama:
Ronald Frame's play tells the story of an unusual romance. In 1972, a spinster scientist with private means meets an exiled Czech architect whose career has stalled. She offers him a commission for a weekend house on some land she owns on the Suffolk coast. The strange, daring and beautiful building that results will haunt their lives.
Barbara ...... Sylvestra Le Touzel
Jaromir ...... Struan Rodger.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008xh40
Ronald Frame's play tells the story of an unusual romance. In 1972, a spinster scientist with private means meets an exiled Czech architect whose career has stalled. She offers him a commission for a weekend house on some land she owns on the Suffolk coast. The strange, daring and beautiful building that results will haunt their lives.
Barbara ...... Sylvestra Le Touzel
Jaromir ...... Struan Rodger.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008xh40
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