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Johny Pitts talks to Carys Davies about her new novel, Clear.

Plus, we discuss Annie Ernaux's Exteriors and the relationship between her writing and photography, as a new photo exhibition of street photography, inspired by her journal entries observing daily life on the streets and transport of a Paris suburb, opens in the city. We speak to the curator and writer of an accompanying book, Lou Stoppard, and to writer Lauren Elkin.

And a literary postcard from Switzerland: Swiss writer Rebecca Gisler suggests that the heart of Swiss storytelling may not lie in its rich cultural centres, but deep in its mountain history.

Presenter: Johny Pitts
Producer: Emma Wallace

Book List – Sunday 24 March and Thursday 28 March

Clear by Carys Davies
The Mission House by Carys Davies
Faroese Folklore and Fairy Tales by Jakob Jakobsen
Simple Passion by Annie Ernaux
Exteriors: Annie Ernaux and Photography edited by Lou Stoppard
Flâneuse by Lauren Elkin
Scaffolding by Lauren Elkin
No.91/92: Notes on a Parisian Commute by Lauren Elkin
About Uncle by Rebecca Gisler: Translated by Jordan Stump
Mr Bennett and Mrs Brown by Virginia Woolf