Episode 3
Free Thinking: Part of BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking festival. 3/4. Andrei Kourkov reflects on the meaning of freedom in Ukraine, both before and after the collapse of Communism.
Free Thinking
As part of BBC Radio 3's festival of ideas, Free Thinking, The Essay plays host to writers reflecting on freedom.
3/4. Ukrainian novelist Andrei Kourkov, acclaimed for his often surreal and blackly comic evocation of post-Soviet reality, reflects on the meaning of freedom in his home country, both before and after the collapse of Communism.
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