Elizabeth Strout - My Name Is Lucy Barton
Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout talks to Mariella Frostrup about the inspiration for her new novel My Name Is Lucy Barton and her brief career as a stand-up comic.
Elizabeth Strout's new novel My Name is Lucy Barton is a moving meditation on motherhood, memory and overcoming a difficult past. The writer talks to Mariella Frostrup about her inspiration for the book, and her brief career as a stand-up comic.
Kevin Jackson joins Mariella to review a new graphic novel version of Proust's In Search of Lost Time and the new director of the Cheltenham Literature Festival talks about her ambitions for the event.
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Elizabeth Strout
Elizabeth Strout
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Kevin Jackson on Proust
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Viv Groskop and Antonia Byatt
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Role Contributor Presenter Mariella Frostrup Interviewed Guest Elizabeth Strout Interviewed Guest Kevin Jackson Broadcasts
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