Bernard Marin

Remembering and forgetting can be conscious or unconscious acts, which can heal or harm. Bernard Marin's life has been rich in experience and intriguing characters, and he comes from a tradition where remembering, and perhaps forgetting, can be life-changing. With an eye for detail and a generous heart, Bernard brings you the stories that have moved him, filtered through a lively imagination and remade as fiction.

HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHAT IT MIGHT BE LIKE TO CHAT WITH SOME OF THE GREATEST PEOPLE EVER? Through the discussion between interviewer and interviewee, Bernard Marin has sought to offer insights into the personalities, passions and foibles of Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Sigmund Freud, Simone de Beauvoir, John Stuart Mill and John Maynard Keynes. Join Bernard as he embarks on a scintillating, amusing and - at times...

TWO NOVELLAS BY TALENTED AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR BERNARD MARIN ON THE LONG SHADOW CAST BY WAR... BREAKFAST WITH PAUL: WE BEG TO DIFFER. Two old friends meet every Saturday for breakfast. Outwardly, their lives have followed similar paths-both are Jewish, both migrated from Europe after the war-but their childhoods are very different and shaped them in ways they are struggling to understand. Will their differences ultimately divide them, or bring them closer...

Bernard Marin, a successful Jewish accountant, was almost fifty when he was suddenly, struck down by crippling headaches. The problem, however, was not just physical. Bernard's distress was the result of years of denial over his poor relationship with his father, who had died fourteen years before. Stan Marin had told his son nothing of his life; indeed, he had barely seemed to notice his son's existence. When his father died, Bernard had felt only...