The Year in Fiction
Chris Power shares some of the highlights of the year on Open Book.
2023 has been a great year for fiction, and in this programme, Chris Power looks back at some of Open Book’s highlights, including interviews with Zadie Smith, Bret Easton Ellis, Eleanor Catton and Richard Ford.
They reflect on their literary influences and the echoes of the past which help them write their way into the future.
Book List – Monday 25 December and Thursday 28 December
The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis
Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis
The World and All That It Holds by Aleksandar Hemon
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
Julia by Sandra Newman
The Future by Naomi Alderman
The Future Future by Adam Thirlwell
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
The Fraud by Zadie Smith
Be Mine by Richard Ford
Watch Us Dance by Leila Slimani
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
Lost Illusions by HonorΓ© de Balzac
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- Christmas Day 2023 17:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Thu 28 Dec 2023 15:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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