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Podcast: Ep157: Open Book: Aminatta Forna, the Russian literary scene and 150 years of The Water-Babies
March 24, 2013•BBC Radio 4
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Aminatta Forna discusses her latest novel The Hired Man. Mariella delves into the state of the Russian literary scene with Russian Booker winning author Mikhail Shishkin and publisher and editor Natasha Perova. And in the year of the 150th anniversary of the publication of The Water-Babies, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst describes the eccentric life of its author and why he feels it still remains a fantastic story for children.
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