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A S Byatt
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Length:
39 minutes
Released:
Jun 16, 1991
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the novelist and critic A S Byatt. Winner of the 1990 Booker prize for her novel 'Possession' - the story of a clandestine romance between two Victorian poets - she'll be talking to Sue Lawley about the isolation of her school days as a highly academic child, the release of university life at Cambridge and her subsequent life at the forefront of the British literary world.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Jetzt Fand Ich's by Richard Wagner
Book: A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust
Alternative to Bible: King James Bible
Luxury: Large filing cabinet full of A4 paper & pens
Book: A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust
Alternative to Bible: King James Bible
Luxury: Large filing cabinet full of A4 paper & pens
Released:
Jun 16, 1991
Format:
Podcast episode
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