George Saunders, Kathleen Collins
Mariella Frostrup talks to the American poet and essayist George Saunders about his long-awaited first novel Lincoln in the Bardo.
George Saunders' Lincoln In The Bardo is one of the most anticipated and acclaimed novels of this year, so far. He talks to Mariella Frostrup about creating his extraordinary bardo - a transitional space between life and death - where a chorus of spirits watch President Abraham Lincoln grieve for his young son.
Also on the programme, a glimpse into a publisher's archive;, the frank, funny, fearless short stories of Kathleen Collins and why authors can never chose a favourite novel.
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