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Nancy Meyers, Jenny Erpenbeck, Literary modern classics, Turner Prize show

Romcom director and writer Nancy Meyers; Jenny Erpenbeck on her new novel Go, Went, Gone; what makes a literary modern classic; the 2017 Turner Prize exhibition in Hull.

Nancy Meyers has made her career making hugely popular romantic comedies such as The Holiday, It's Complicated and What Women Want. As her latest venture, Home Again, comes to cinemas we speak to Nancy Meyers about the rom-com and her career in Hollywood.

Last week, UK book publishers Bloomsbury launched their first 'Modern Classics' series, joining the likes of Picador, Faber & Faber and of course Penguin, who established their iconic series way back in 1961. But why are certain books deemed worthy of the label? And what exactly does the term mean in the first place? The curator of Bloomsbury's new series, Alison Hennessey, and literary critic Suzi Feay discuss what makes a modern classic.

The migration crisis was seen as a key factor in Germany's election results this weekend with the nationalist AfD party winning enough parliamentary seats to become the third-largest party in the Bundestag. Award-winning novelist Jenny Erpenbeck was born in East Germany and she discusses her latest novel - Go, Went, Gone - which explores the crisis from the perspective of a recently-retired German professor based in East Berlin, who discovers that the transitions in his own life connect him in ways he had never imagined to the thousands seeking new lives in Germany.

With the Turner Prize scrapping its eligibility age limit of 50, the work of the four artists who've made the shortlist - two of whom are over 50 - goes on display this week. Critic Jonathan Jones casts an eye over the Turner Prize exhibition which this year takes place at the Ferens Art Gallery in Hull for the first time.

Presenter Kirsty Lang
Producer Jerome Weatherald.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • Nancy Meyers

    Duration: 08:47

  • Literary modern classics

    Duration: 07:22

  • Jenny Erpenbeck

    Duration: 05:42

  • Turner Prize show

    Duration: 05:16

Nancy Meyers

Nancy Meyers

is in UK cinemas from 29 September 2017, certificate 12A

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Main image above: Nancy Meyers,听 Image credit: Vera Anderson

Smaller image to the left: Nancy Meyers (Left) with Kirsty Lang

Literary modern classics

are:

Restless by William Boyd

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson

The Kite Runner by Khalid Hosseini

Fugitive Pieces by Anne Micheals

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje

The Suspicions of Mr Whicher by Kate Summerscale

The Little Friend by Donna Tartt.

They are all available in paperback.

Jenny Erpenbeck

Jenny Erpenbeck

听 written by Jenny Erpenbeck and translated by Susan Bernofsky is published in paperback and as an ebook by Portobello Books on 26 September 2017.

Image: Jenny Erpenbeck

Image credit: Katharina Behling

Turner Prize show

Turner Prize show

Work by the听four artists shortlisted for the is on show at the Ferens Gallery, Hull from 26 September 2017 - 07 January 2018, as part of Culture.

Image from Left: Lubaina Himid, Hurvin Anderson, Andrea Buttner and Rosalind Nashashibi, the听four artists shortlisted for the Turner Prize 2017.

Image credit: James Mulkeen

The Turner Prize winner will be announced on 05 December 2017

FRONT ROW听is broadcasting live from Hull on 29 September 2017, as part of the 大象传媒's Contains Strong Language festival.听 If you'd like a free ticket to be in the Front Row audience, please click for more information.

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Role Contributor
Interviewed Guest Nancy Meyers
Interviewed Guest Alison Hennessey
Interviewed Guest Suzi Feay
Interviewed Guest Jenny Erpenbeck
Interviewed Guest Jonathan Jones
Presenter Kirsty Lang
Producer Jerome Weatherald

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