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Radio 4,08 Sep 1991,40 mins

Bernice Rubens

Desert Island Discs

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the writer Bernice Rubens. She'll be talking to Sue Lawley about her childhood with musically-gifted brothers and sister, and how, despite having written 17 novels - one of them won the Booker prize, another was also shortlisted - she still sees herself as merely a successful novelist who failed to become a musician. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: String Quintet C Major Second Movement by Franz Schubert Book: Poems For Joy & Sermons For Solace by John Donne Luxury: Daughter's painting

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Cello Concerto in B minor - 2nd movement
    Cello Concerto in B minor - 2nd movement
    Antonín Dvořák
  3. 2.
    Piano Sonata in B minor
    Piano Sonata in B minor
    Franz Liszt
  4. 3.
    Minuet No 1 in G Major
    Minuet No 1 in G Major
    Ignacy Jan Paderewski