Meticulous and Desperate

The history of the 20th century told through the memories and reflections of the Spanish writer/politician Jorge Semprún, the Hungarian writer György Konrád, the cosmopolitan writer/literary critic George Steiner and the Latin American writer Gabriel Garcia Márquez.

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Het verstrijken van de tijd

Seasons

4 Episodes • Premiered 1989

Still image for Meticulous and Desperate season 1 episode 1: The Children of Kafka and Freud

1. The Children of Kafka and Freud

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April 2, 1989. The history of the 20th century told through the memories and reflections of the Spanish writer/politician Jorge Semprún, the Hungarian writer György Konrád, the cosmopolitan writer/literary critic George Steiner and the Latin American writer Gabriel Garcia Márquez. Four men, marked by the previous century, who are prepared to tell about the most intimate details of their existence, who provide their own lives - and therefore the lives of countless others - with annotations and conclusions.

Still image for Meticulous and Desperate season 1 episode 2: Nothing is as educational as the experience of being targeted

2. Nothing is as educational as the experience of being targeted

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April 9, 1989. The history of the 20th century told through the memories and reflections of the Spanish writer/politician Jorge Semprún, the Hungarian writer György Konrád, the cosmopolitan writer/literary critic George Steiner and the Latin American writer Gabriel Garcia Márquez. Four men, marked by the previous century, who are prepared to tell about the most intimate details of their existence, who provide their own lives - and therefore the lives of countless others - with annotations and conclusions.

Still image for Meticulous and Desperate season 1 episode 3: The glass is broken, but you can still drink from it

3. The glass is broken, but you can still drink from it

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April 16, 1989. The history of the 20th century told through the memories and reflections of the Spanish writer/politician Jorge Semprún, the Hungarian writer György Konrád, the cosmopolitan writer/literary critic George Steiner and the Latin American writer Gabriel Garcia Márquez. Four men, marked by the previous century, who are prepared to tell about the most intimate details of their existence, who provide their own lives - and therefore the lives of countless others - with annotations and conclusions.

Still image for Meticulous and Desperate season 1 episode 4: People make history, but they don't know which one

4. People make history, but they don't know which one

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April 23, 1989. The history of the 20th century told through the memories and reflections of the Spanish writer/politician Jorge Semprún, the Hungarian writer György Konrád, the cosmopolitan writer/literary critic George Steiner and the Latin American writer Gabriel Garcia Márquez. Four men, marked by the previous century, who are prepared to tell about the most intimate details of their existence, who provide their own lives - and therefore the lives of countless others - with annotations and conclusions.

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