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Ruth Gilligan, Vietnam novels, Kenneth Baker

Literary magazine programme. Ruth Gilligan talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new book, Nine Folds Make a Paper Swan, and Kenneth Baker discusses the history of book burning.

Ruth Gilligan talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new novel, Nine Folds Make A Paper Swan, a story of the Irish Jewish community at the turn of the last century, in the fifties and in the present day.
And Kenneth Baker discusses the strange and sad history of book burning, for political, personal and religious reasons.

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28 minutes

Chapters

  • Ruth Gilligan

    Duration: 06:14

  • Kenneth Baker

    Duration: 05:49

  • Jamal Mahjoub

    Duration: 03:55

  • Hannah Kohler and Emma Chapman

    Duration: 09:07

Read the opening chapter of Nine Folds Make a Paper Swan by Ruth Gilligan

: Chapter 1 by Ruth Gilligan

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Mariella Frostrup
Interviewed Guest Ruth Gilligan
Interviewed Guest Kenneth Baker

Broadcasts

  • Sun 26 Jun 2016 16:00
  • Thu 30 Jun 2016 15:30

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