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Michael Ondaatje, Illustrated Books, Mrs Lirriper's Lodgings, and Cheerful but Challenging Books

Mariella Frostrup talks to Michael Ondaatje about his new book Divisadero. She also looks at illustrated adult novels and asks why should pictures be just for children.

Illustrated Books
As Life of Pi by Yann Martel is published in illustrated form, a look at illustrated books for adults. An international competition to find an illustrator for The Life of Pi was awared to Croatian illustrator Tomislav Torjanac. Kate Mosse on the illustrated version of her best selling book Labyrinth and illustrator Chris Riddel on the importance of pictures to fiction.

Michael Ondaatje
Award-winning writer of The English Patient talks about his new book Diviserado, written in his trademark poetic prose it tells the story of a single violent event which causes a family to separate forever.

Mrs Lirriper's Lodgings
Peter Kemp on Dickens' little known collection of short stories, Mrs Lirriper's Lodgings and Mrs Lirriper's Legacy - what more does it tell us about the writer and why are they not better known?

Reading Clinic on Cheerful but Challenging Books.
Novelist Kate Saunders on books that are both happy and revealing.

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  • Sun 30 Sep 2007 16:00
  • Thu 4 Oct 2007 16:00

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