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30/04/2012

Korean American novelist Krys Lee reviews Toni Morrison's novel Home - which follows a vet from the Korean war returning home to Georgia to help his sister.

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On today's programme: Novelist Krys Lee reviews Toni Morrison's novel Home, the Orhan Pamuk museum and Science-Fiction in Africa.

Picture shows Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison. Photo: Julio Cortez.

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18 minutes

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Tue 1 May 2012 08:32GMT

Chapters

  • Toni Morrison's novel Home reviewed

    Korean American author Krys Lee reviews Toni Morrison's new novel - which follows a GI from the Korean war returning home to an unwelcoming Georgia to help his sister.

    Duration: 06:59

  • Orhan Pamuk on his Museum of the Novel

    The Museum of Innocence opens in Istanbul, putting flesh to its author's dream of illuminating the individual lives of its citizens then and now.

    Duration: 05:59

  • Africa and Science-Fiction

    A new exhibition in Bristol, in the UK, explores the current trend for artists and filmmakers to create sci-fi stories situated on the African continent. We talk to the curator.

    Duration: 04:30

Broadcasts

  • Mon 30 Apr 2012 14:32GMT
  • Mon 30 Apr 2012 22:32GMT
  • Tue 1 May 2012 02:32GMT
  • Tue 1 May 2012 08:32GMT