Episodes
Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
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Abdelkader Benali | 20151002 | 20150929 (R4) | The Moroccan-Dutch writer Abdelkader Benali on bookshops as a source of refuge. Five European writers explore how issues in their societies are reflected by novelists. |
Alba Arikha | 20151001 | Five European writers visit a favourite bookshop to explore how issues preoccupying their societies are being reflected by contemporary novelists.
Today, the Franco-American writer Alba Arikha reflects on whether long-term immigration is causing an identity crisis in her country's contemporary fiction.
Producer: Beaty Rubens.
The Franco-American writer on immigration and an identity crisis in French fiction. Five European writers explore how issues in their societies are reflected by novelists. | |
David Wagner | 20150930 | Five European writers visit a favourite bookshop to explore how issues preoccupying their societies are being reflected by contemporary novelists.
Today, David Wagner uncovers whether German literature still shows any sign of an East-West divide, a quarter of a century after the reunification of his home country.
David Wagner asks whether German literature still shows any signs of an east-west divide. Five European writers explore how issues in their societies are reflected by novelists. | |
Dorthe Nors | 20151001 | 20150928 (R4) | Dorthe Nors asks if Danish fiction reflects the lives of those living outside Copenhagen. Five European writers explore how issues in their societies are reflected by novelists. |
Elif Shafak | 20151002 | Elif Shafak visits an Istanbul bookshop to see if modern Turkey is present on its shelves. Five European writers explore how issues in their societies are reflected by novelists. |