Tayari Jones, Jane Eyre, John Freeman
Mariella Frostrup talks to the author of of the award winning An American Marriage, Tayari Jones about her novel Silver Sparrow.
Mariella Frostrup talks to the author of the award winning novel An American Marriage, Tayari Jones about her latest Silver Sparrow. A coming of age story set in 1980s Atlanta when a father's bigamous secrets shape the lives of the two teenage girls caught in the middle.
Also on the programme The Confessions of Frannie Langton author, Sara Collins continues a new series of inspirational introductions to some of our great classics texts, with a guide to Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre.
The editor and poet John Freeman and Tayari Jones talk to Mariella about writers responses to the COVID19 crisis in the US, and share their thoughts on Colson Whitehead's second win of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel The Nickel Boys.
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- Sun 10 May 2020 16:0091热爆 Radio 4
- Thu 14 May 2020 15:3091热爆 Radio 4
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