Jonathan Safran Foer & Daliso Chaponda
Jonathan Safran Foer, Daliso Chaponda and Harriett Gilbert on Natalia Ginzburg, Richard Brautigan, Orson Scott Card. From 2020.
Writer Jonathan Safran Foer and comedian Daliso Chaponda pick their favourite books to discuss with Harriett Gilbert.
What does Jonathan make of his first ever fantasy novel, Daliso's choice of Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card? Jonathan (author of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close) nominates The Little Virtues by Natalia Ginzburg as his good read.
Whereas Harriett goes for Sombrero Fallout by Richard Brautigan.
But will either of the guests enjoy this particular brand of absurdity?
The Little Virtues by Natalia Ginzburg
Publisher: Daunt Books (translator Dick Davis)
Sombrero Fallout by Richard Brautigan
Publisher: Canongate
Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card
Publisher: Tor Books
Producer Sally Heaven
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2020.
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