Part stunning literary thriller, part gothic novel, the book The Shadow of the Wind is a page-turning exploration of obsession in literature and love, and the places that obsession can lead. It is a potent mix of a coming-of-age novel and a tragic love story set in Barcelona's post-war years. Harriet Gilbert puts questions from the audience to the author Carlos Ruiz Zafon.
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Folge vom 03.07.2010World Book Club: Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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Folge vom 05.06.2010World Book Club: David MitchellHarriett Gilbert talks to David Mitchell about his novel Cloud Atlas.
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Folge vom 01.05.2010World Book Club: Richard FordRichard Ford discusses his classic novel 'The Sportswriter' with Harriett Gilbert and an invited studio audience.
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Folge vom 03.04.2010World Book Club: J.M.G. Le ClezioFrench Nobel Laureate JMG Le Clezio talks to Harriett Gilbert in front of an invited studio audience about his recently-translated work Desert. Contrasting the beauty of a lost culture in the North African desert with a depiction of Europe seen through the eyes of unwanted immigrants, the novel is a rich, poetic and provocative epic about colonization and its legacy, which is still painfully relevant after 30 years.