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I always thought I was born after the war, not before

Episode 7 of 8

Acclaimed Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov contemplates the troubling realisation that he was born in an interwar period, not 'after the war', as he had previously believed.

Translated by Elizabeth Sharp
Produced by Emma Harding

Production Co-ordinator Eleri McAuliffe
Sound by Nigel Lewis

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14 minutes

Last on

Sun 17 Apr 202211:45
BBC Radio 4

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  • Fri 15 Apr 202219:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Sun 17 Apr 202200:15
    BBC Radio 4
  • Sun 17 Apr 202211:45
    BBC Radio 4