Lea Ypi: Dignity, Fiction, and the Lives History Erases

Shakespeare and Company by Shakespeare and Company

May 20, 202659:52Arts

Philosopher and author Lea Ypi joins Adam Biles at Shakespeare and Company Paris to discuss her latest book Indignity: A Life Reimagined , an extraordinary work blending biography, history, and fiction. When a photo of h...

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