Tilda Swinton Discusses Her Favorite Books and Writers With Chanel – WWD

PLAY WORK: Turns out Tilda Swinton is as engaging when it comes to books as it is on the big screen.

The actress shares her favorite authors and reveals her poetic background in a 26-minute episode of “In the Library With…” for Chanel, part of Rendez-vous Littéraires Rue Cambon (literary gatherings at Rue Cambon, in English). It came out on ChanelThe site’s web site is on Monday, and is sure to inspire many to re-read some of the classics – and head down the deep-pitch study of the Scottish plumes she blows.

“Reading became a drug when I was 10 years old,” says Swinton. “Reading is all about the company, it’s about having a companion.”

Virginia Woolf’s “Orlando” – the book she first read at the age of 13 before it was developed into her breakout film in 1992 – and Charles Dickens’ “Great Expectations” are books she re-reads. every few years, given that they illuminate and comfort differently at different ages. She says the second book intrigued her when she first read it at the age of 15.

She delves into writers, and boasts book collections by PG Wodehouse and Muriel Spark, and poetry by Hafez and Norman MacCaig.

You will find many copies of “La Vie Exemplaire” around her house, which she wants to give as gifts. The illustrated book by French illustrator and cartoonist Floc’h shares maxims about the good life.

Other writers she recommends include Jamie Salter, John Berger, Patrick Leigh Fermor, and Gavin Maxwell, who wrote a popular book about otters titled “Ring of Bright Water.”

Swinton entered college as a creative young poet, but confesses that she largely hung up her pencils. However, she offers a generous and lively explanation of the difference between prose and poetry.

Chanel ambassadors, Anna Mouglalis and Pumpkin dish, charlotte Casiraghi has also appeared in the series of videos.

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