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Taking it slowly, with Milan Kundera

Critics are divided over Milan Kundera's novel Slowness, his first book written in French

Critics are divided over Milan Kundera's novel Slowness, about our experience of time, which is the Czech writer's first book in French. Plus, who was P.L. Travers, the author of Mary Poppins, who has died aged 96; Jane Gardam talks about her novel Faith Fox; Carol Livingston on her Gecko Tails: A Journey Through Cambodia; and a new edition of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness.

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This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project