Sunday Feature

South American Currents

Sunday 3 February 2008 21:30-22:15 (Radio 3)

A new series offering fresh cultural perspectives on South America.

Duration:

45 minutes

Playlist:

1/3. Colombia - An End to Solitude?

Forty years ago, the novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez wrote of the afflictions of Colombia, his country of birth. Now a new generation of Colombian writers are trying to find a way out of that 'solitude' in order to describe the complex, violent but exuberant reality they live in.

Novelist Juan Gabriel Vasquez takes us with him to the Colombian capital Bogota to share the elements of 21st century urban life in South America that have inspired his work.

Sunday Feature

Episode and Playlist Information

• 16 Mar 08 Raymond Williams
• 9 Mar 08 Joined-Up Artists
• 2 Mar 08 Moving Power of Art
• 24 Feb 08 Retreat to Bug River
• 17 Feb 08 Peru
• 10 Feb 08 Edgardo Cozarinsky
• 3 Feb 08 Columbia
• 27 Jan 08 Le Morte Darthur
• 20 Jan 08 Missing Moscow
• 13 Jan 08 Rules of Engagement

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