31.01.2022 - Speziell zur Sendung am Dienstag, den 07. Jänner 2020: ‚Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine‘ (2017) by Gail Honeyman Eleanor Oliphant leads a simple life. She wears the same clothes to work every day, eats the same meal deal for lunch...
31.01.2022 - Speziell zur Sendung am Dienstag, den 04. Februar 2020: Edward Snowden: ‚Permanent Record‘ (2019) George, Tom, Sandra and Andrew discuss Edward Snowden’s extraordinarily courageous book ‚Permanent Record‘, a most...
31.01.2022 - A book about family loyalties and betrayal set in the context of a Muslim family in England.
31.01.2022 - Speziell zur Sendung am Dienstag, den 03. November 2020:Jesmyn Ward, ‘Sing, Unburied, Sing’ (2017) Maria, Sandra and Andrew discuss an extraordinary novel: an intimate portrait of a family and an epic tale of hope and struggle. This road novel...
31.01.2022 - Speziell zur Sendung am Dienstag, den 05. Jänner 2021: Reading Circle, Jan 5, 2021 Maria, Sandra and Andrew each choose 3 of their favourite books, from the 75 books discussed in the Reading Circle since Autumn 2012. Maria: Barbara Kingsolver:...
31.01.2022 - Speziell zur Sendung am Dienstag, den 02. Februar 2021: Janet Frame: ‚An Angel at My Table‘ (1989) After being mis-diagnosed with schizophrenia as a young woman, Janet Frame spent several years in psychiatric institutions. She...
31.01.2022 - Speziell zur Sendung am Dienstag, den 02. März 2021: Jan Morris ‚Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere‘ (2001) Sandra, Alex and Andrew discuss. This history-drenched City on the Adriatic always tantalized Jan Morris....
31.01.2022 - Speziell zur Sendung am Dienstag, den 06. April 2021: Reading Circle Tues April 6, 2021 Lily King: ‚Euphoria‘ (2014) In 1933 three young, gifted anthropologists are thrown together in the jungle of New Guinea. They are Nell Stone,...
31.01.2022 - Speziell zur Sendung am Dienstag, den 01. Juni 2021: The Lost Pianos of Siberia, Sophy Roberts (2020) Andrew and Sandra read extracts from and comment on the book. “Siberia’s story is traditionally one of exiles, bitter cold and suffering. Yet...
31.01.2022 - Speziell zur Sendung am Dienstag, den 06. Juli 2021: An Orchestra of Minorities (2019), Chigozie Obiama Angie, Sandra and Andrew read from and discuss this dramatic novel. A young farmer named Chinonso prevents a woman from falling to her...
31.01.2022 - ‚Never Let me Go‘ (2005), Kazuo Ishiguro Kathy, Ruth and Tommy grew up together at Hailsham, a seemingly idyllic school deep in the English countryside, with a dreadful secret at its heart. Now 31, Kathy attempts to come to terms with...
31.01.2022 - The Ratline: Loves, Lies and Justice on the Trail of a Nazi Fugitive by Philippe Sands (2020) 1942: As Governor of Galicia, Otto von Wächter oversees the Final Solution 1945: Wächter is indicted for ‘mass murder’ and flees 1949: Wächter...
31.01.2022 - Sandra, Linda, Sonja, and Andrew discuss Ali Smith’s novel Autumn. In the previous programme Sandra and Andrew had introduced the book, reading extracts.
