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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Why The Diving Bell and the Butterfly has become the most important memoir of the year
Why The Diving Bell and the Butterfly has become the most important memoir of the year. The book was written by a writer paralysed after a stroke, Jean-Dominique Bauby, and who died just after the book was published. Also in the programme, Billy Strayhorn an American jazz composer, pianist and arranger, the trend for taboo novels with Kathryn Harrison and a tribute to late German novelist Stefan Heym. Presenter: Harriett Gilbert.
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