Don DeLillo
Monday 14 May 2007 21:45-22:30 (Radio 3)
Isabel Hilton discusses US author Don DeLillo's new book about the events of 9/11 with American critic Gage McWeeny.
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Don DeLillo
Is it possible to understand America today without understanding the country's reaction to the attack on the World Trade Center six years ago?
Since then politicians, commentators and film makers have been offering their interpretations of what happened on September 11th and why but its taken most writers a little longer.
This week one of America's greatest chroniclers, Don DeLillo, publishes his response - a novel called Falling Man.
In Night Waves Isabel Hilton will be examining what he makes of the attack and its influence on the national psyche.
Baltic Art Gallery
Isabel will also be talking to Peter Doroshenko, the director of the Baltic Art gallery in Gateshead where eight new shows - yes, that's right, EIGHT new shows are about to open.
Zodiac
There'll be a review of Zodiac, David Fincher's latest film starring Jake Gyllenhaal, by film critic Nigel Floyd.
Michael AttenboroughÂ
Michael Attenborough will be explaining why he's so passionate about Big White Fog - a family saga about African American life in the Twenties which is being given its European premiere at the Almeida Theatre in London.
