Anne Patchett on her award winning novel, Bel Canto.
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Led by James Naughtie, a group of readers talk to acclaimed authors about their best-known novels
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Folge vom 06.08.2017Anne Patchett talks to James Naughtie about her novel, Bel Canto.
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Folge vom 02.07.2017James Naughtie talks to Deborah LevyDeborah Levy talks about her novel, Swimming Home.
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Folge vom 07.05.2017Michael Chabon - The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and ClayMichael Chabon talks about The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay with James Naughtie and a group of readers. The novel follows the story of the teenage Josef Kavalier, who makes a daring escape from the Germans in Prague in 1939, leaving his family behind. He travels across Europe and eventually arrives at his cousin Samuel Clayman's house in Brooklyn. There the pair discover a shared love of the burgeoning comic book world of Superheroes - Joe Kavalier is the artist, and Sam Clay, as he becomes, is the writer. Together they create a hero of their own, The Escapist, a Houdini-type figure who fights the Nazis, frees the enslaved and leads them home. The novel won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2001.Presenter : James Naughtie Interviewed guest : Michael Chabon Producer : Dymphna FlynnJune's Bookclub choice : Gods Without Men by Hari Kunzru (2011).
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Folge vom 02.04.2017Sunjeev Sahota - The Year of the RunawaysSunjeev Sahota discusses his novel The Year of the Runaways which was shortlisted for the 2015 Man Booker Prize. The Year of the Runaways follows the stories of three undocumented Indian men who share a house in Sheffield. Tochi has fled India after his family were killed in a Caste-related massacre; Avtar arrives on a student visa, but intending to work. Randeep, Avtar's friend and neighbour, is the beneficiary of a sham marriage. In a flat on the other side of town lives Randeep's visa-wife, the British-born Narinder. Her cupboards are filled with his clothes, in case Immigration arrives. Sahota was named as a Granta Best Young British Novelist in 2013. Presented by James Naughtie and including contributions and questions from a group of invited readers.Presenter : James Naughtie Interviewed guest : Sunjeev Sahota Producer : Dymphna FlynnMay's Bookclub choice : The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon (2000).