Diary of a Film

De: Niven Govinden

Narrado por: Steve John Shepherd

An auteur, together with his lead actors, is at a prestigious European festival to premiere his latest film.

Alone one morning at a backstreet café, he strikes up a conversation with a local woman who takes him on a walk to uncover the city's secrets, historic and personal. As the walk unwinds, a story of love and tragedy emerges, and he begins to see the chance meeting as fate. He is entranced, wholly clear in his mind: her story must surely form the basis for his next film.

This is a novel about cinema, flâneurs, and queer love - it is about the sometimes troubled, sometimes ecstatic creative process and the toll it takes on its makers.

But it is also a novel about stories and the ongoing question of who has the right to tell them.

©2021 Niven Govinden (P)2021 W F Howes