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Russian Literature, Faith and Doubt

The novelist Pat Barker and the Reverend Giles Fraser explore what Dostoevsky's and Tolstoy's writing can teach us about faith, doubt and redemption. Ian McMillan presents.

The novelist Pat Barker and the Reverend Giles Fraser explore what Russian literature from Dostoevsky to Tolstoy can teach us about faith, doubt and redemption, with readings from their personal favourites - War and Peace and The Brothers Karamazov. Ian McMillan presents.

Pat Barker is the author of novels including her Regeneration Trilogy, Life Class, The Silence of the Girls and Noonday. Giles Fraser is an English Anglican priest, journalist and broadcaster.

Producer Laura Thomas

Recorded with an audience at the 麻豆社 Proms 21 August 2012.

24 minutes

Last on

Thu 30 Jul 2020 22:20

Music Played

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Holiday - 4th movement from Suite No.1 for two pianos, op.5

    Performer: Andr茅 Previn. Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • DECCA.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 21 Aug 2012 19:55
  • Thu 30 Jul 2020 22:20

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