13.06.2022 - Paradise (1994), by Abdulrazak Gurnah Abdulrazak Gurnah was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2021 “for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fates of the refugee in the gulf between...
13.06.2022 - Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1985), by Jeanette Winterson “Like most people I lived for a long time with my mother and father. My father liked to watch the wrestling, my mother liked to wrestle.” ‘This is the story of Jeanette, born to...
13.06.2022 - Interview with Meriel Schindler In a recent Reading Circle programme we introduced the book The Lost Café Schindler by Meriel Schindler. Launched in 1922 by two Jewish brothers, the grand Café Schindler in Maria-Theresien-Straße, Innsbruck...
28.03.2022 - The Lost Café Schindler by Meriel Schindler Launched in 1922 by two Jewish brothers, the grand Café Schindler in Maria-Theresien-Straße, Innsbruck offered guests a place to socialize, dance and forget the horrors of the First World War and the...
21.02.2022 - Speziell zur Sendung am Dienstag, den 01. Oktober 2019: ‘Middle England’ (2018) by Jonathan Coe Maria, Sandra and Andrew discuss the novel. « Beginning in 2010, on the outskirts of Birmingham, where car factories have been replaced...
21.02.2022 - Speziell zur Sendung am Dienstag, den 05. November 2019: ‘Blood Summit’ by Robert Pimm « Counter-terrorism expert Helen Gale has one job: to protect world leaders at a summit in the Berlin Reichstag. But terrorists take hostage...
07.02.2022 - Speziell zur Sendung am Dienstag, den 01. Februar 2022: The Promise, Damon Galgut (2021) Sandra, Sonja and Andrew discuss the 2021 Booker Prize winning novel ‘The Promise’, by Damon Galgut. “The Promise charts the crash and burn of a white...
31.01.2022 - Speziell zur Sendung am Dienstag, den 03. Dezember 2019: Ian McEwan: Machines Like Me (2019) Sandra, Sonja and Andrew play extracts from Ian McEwan’s 2019 novel ‘Machines Like Me’ (read by Billy Howle) and discuss the book....
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...
