Elaine Showalter & Romesh Gunesekera
4 Extra Debut. Sue MacGregor, Elaine Showalter and Romesh Gunesekera on books by Willa Cather, Leonardo Sciascia and Primo Levi. From August 2003.
Sue MacGregor and her guests - American critic, Elaine Showalter and Sri Lankan writer, Romesh Gunesekera - discuss books by Willa Cather, Leonardo Sciascia and Primo Levi. From 2003.
The Drowned and the Saved by Primo Levi
Publisher: Abacus
The Professor's House by Willa Cather
Publisher: Virago
Sicilian Uncles by Leonardo Sciascia
Publisher: Granta.
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Tue 19 Aug 200316:30BBC Radio 4 FM- Sun 24 Aug 200323:00BBC Radio 4 FM
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