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Elizabeth Strout - My Name Is Lucy Barton

Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout talks to Mariella Frostrup about the inspiration for her new novel My Name Is Lucy Barton and her brief career as a stand-up comic.

Elizabeth Strout's new novel My Name is Lucy Barton is a moving meditation on motherhood, memory and overcoming a difficult past. The writer talks to Mariella Frostrup about her inspiration for the book, and her brief career as a stand-up comic.

Kevin Jackson joins Mariella to review a new graphic novel version of Proust's In Search of Lost Time and the new director of the Cheltenham Literature Festival talks about her ambitions for the event.

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28 minutes

Last on

Thu 18 Feb 201615:30

Chapters

  • Elizabeth Strout

    Elizabeth Strout

    Duration: 08:41

  • Kevin Jackson on Proust

    Duration: 06:17

  • Viv Groskop and Antonia Byatt

    Duration: 11:56

Read the opening chapter from My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterMariella Frostrup
Interviewed GuestElizabeth Strout
Interviewed GuestKevin Jackson

Broadcasts

  • Sun 14 Feb 201616:00
  • Thu 18 Feb 201615:30

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