Maria Balshaw and Léa Ypi
Director of Tate art museums and galleries Maria Balshaw and professor of politics and philosophy at LSE Léa Ypi swap books they love with Harriett Gilbert.
This week's books are:
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler chosen by Maria Balshaw.
The Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol (translated by Isabel Hapgood) chosen by Léa Ypi.
Small Bomb at Dimperley by Lissa Evans chosen by Harriett Gilbert.
The producer is Eliza Lomas for BBC Audio Bristol.
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Photo credit: Erdem Moralioglu
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