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17/11/2011

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Presented by Lawrence Pollard

Today's programme includes, Péter Nádas, Soul Rebels Brass Band and Roger Ballen

Photo: Barna Burger

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18 minutes

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Fri 18 Nov 201113:32GMT
BBC World Service Online

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Chapters

  • Péter Nádas

    As Hungarian writer Péter Nádas' thousand-page novel Parallel Stories is published in English, poet George Gömöri discusses his career.

    Duration: 04:48

  • Soul Rebels Brass Band

    Grabbing the New Orleans brass band tradition by the scruff of the neck and shaking a new dynamic funky feel into it.

    Duration: 06:24

  • Roger Ballen

    A new exhibition in Amsterdam highlights an obsessively existential photographer. Ballen talks about his iconic Platteland and new work, Animal Abstraction.

    Duration: 06:15

Broadcasts

  • Thu 17 Nov 201122:32GMT
    BBC World Service Online
  • Fri 18 Nov 201102:32GMT
    BBC World Service Online
  • Fri 18 Nov 201109:32GMT
    BBC World Service Online
  • Fri 18 Nov 201113:32GMT
    BBC World Service Online