Reader's Guide to Milan Kundera
Mariella Frostrup talks to Benjamin Markovits about his novel You Don't Have to Live Like This, set in Detroit. Plus discussion on Milan Kundera, Mario Vargas Llosa and Harper Lee.
Mariella Frostrup is joined by Benjamin Markovits to talk about his new novel You Don't Have To Live Like This. It's an ambitious story of a group of old college friends who attempt to find a new direction by living in a regeneration project in Detroit.
We discuss Milan Kundera's new novel The Festival of Insignificance. Publisher Elena Lappin and Benjamin Markovits share their view on this and recommend their favourite from his earlier work.
Alan Samson, non-fiction publisher at Weidenfeld and Nicholson, recommends a collection of cultural essays from South American literary giant Mario Vargas Llosa in our Editor's Tip for July.
And finally with the eagerly anticipated publication of Harper Lee's Go Set A Watchman, over fifty years since To Kill A Mockingbird first came out, Professor Diane Roberts looks at Lee's place in the literary traditions of the south.
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'I grew up on the outside of everything'
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Benjamin Markovits
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Milan Kundera
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Mario Vargas Llosa
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Southern Gothic literature
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Role Contributor Presenter Mariella Frostrup Interviewed Guest Benjamin Markovits Interviewed Guest Elena Lappin Interviewed Guest Alan Samson Interviewed Guest Diane Roberts Broadcasts
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