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The Bridgewalker

In Sarah Hall's specially commissioned short story for Radio 4, a local eccentric has an unnerving effect on a rural town in America's Northwest. Jamie Parker reads.

In Sarah Hall's specially commissioned short story for Radio 4, a local eccentric has a strange effect on a rural town in America's Northwest. Who was the totemic figure who walked and walked the bridges of Snake Canyon? And why did he do it?

Sarah Hall is a highly acclaimed and award-winning British novelist, whose works include: Haweswater (which won the 2003 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Novel, a Society of Authors Betty Trask Award), The Electric Michelangelo (shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize) and Wolf Border (winner of the James Tait Memorial Prize). Her short story, Mrs Fox won the 大象传媒 National Shorts Story Award in 2014.

Produced by Justine Willett.
Read by Jamie Parker: an acclaimed British actor, who came to prominence as part of the original cast of Alan Bennett's The History Boys. He recently won a Best Actor Olivier Award for his role as Harry Potter in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

15 minutes

Last on

Sun 30 Jul 2017 00:30

Credits

Role Contributor
Reader Jamie Parker
Writer Sarah Hall
Producer Justine Willett

Broadcasts

  • Fri 28 Jul 2017 15:45
  • Sun 30 Jul 2017 00:30