Take Four Books is an Arts programme.

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Take Four Books

James Crawford is joined by Yann Martel to discuss his new novel, Son of Nobody, and three of its major literary influences. They reflect on Stephen Mitchell's 2011 translation of The Iliad, Memorial by Alice Oswald, and Edward Albee's play Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf.

Genre: Arts

Running Time: 30 minutes (approx)

When is Take Four Books next on TV?

It's next showing on BBC Radio 4 Tomorrow, 12:15am and on BBC Radio 4 April 12th, 4:00pm. See more...

Main Cast

James Crawford
Gillian Wheelan
Jan Carson
Colm Tóibín
Ocean Vuong
Graeme Macrae Burnet
Wendy Erskine
Susan Choi
Andrew O'Hagan
Madeleine Thien
Tessa Hadley
Andrew Michael Hurley
Gurnaik Johal
Karl Ove Knausgaard
Jennifer Niven
Rob Doyle
Makenna Goodman
Olga Ravn
Alan McMunnigall
Vincenzo Latronico