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Ayelet Gundar-Goshen on Waking Lions

Mariella Frostrup talks to Israeli novelist Ayelet Gundar-Goshen. Her new book, Waking Lions, is a morality tale about a doctor who kills a man in a hit-and-run accident.

Mariella Frostrup talks to Israeli novelist Ayelet Gundar-Goshen. Her new book Waking Lions is a morality tale about a doctor who kills a man in a hit and run accident.
While Melissa Harrison and Amy Liptrot discuss their chronicling of landscape in their nature writing. Michiel Heyns, author of The Typewriter's Tale, ponders why he and so many writers fictionalise Henry James in their novels.
And we hear from Alison McLeod about her new role as a Eccles British Library Writer- in- Residence.

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28 minutes

Last on

Thu 24 Mar 201615:30

Chapters

  • Ayelet Gundar-Goshen

    Duration: 08:42

  • Melissa Harrison and Amy Liptrot

    Duration: 07:46

  • Michiel Heyns

    Duration: 04:53

  • Alison McLeod

    Duration: 06:11

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterMariella Frostrup
Interviewed GuestAyelet Gundar-Goshen
Interviewed GuestMelissa Harrison
Interviewed GuestAmy Liptrot
Interviewed GuestMichiel Heynes
Interviewed GuestAlison MacLeod

Broadcasts

  • Sun 20 Mar 201616:00
  • Thu 24 Mar 201615:30

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