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Writing after Partition and Peter Stamm

70 years after Partition, Open Book considers some of the best contemporary literature emerging from Pakistan and India. And Swiss novelist Peter Stamm discusses his new novel, To The Back of Beyond in which a man suddenly and dramatically walks out on his family.

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28 minutes

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Thu 24 Aug 201715:30
BBC Radio 4

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Chapters

  • Writing after Partition

    Duration: 12:22

  • Wyl Menmuir on libraries in fiction

    Duration: 04:21

  • Peter Stamm on his new book To the Back of Beyond

    Duration: 07:13

  • Laura Deuprez on The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao

    Duration: 03:39

Credits

PresenterMariella Frostrup
Interviewed GuestPeter Stamm

Broadcasts

  • Sun 20 Aug 201716:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Thu 24 Aug 201715:30
    BBC Radio 4

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