Novelist Colm Toibin opens a window on the world through books. Writing from other countries takes us to the heart of other cultures and shows the forces which shape other people's lives. This evening's programme explores Russian poets writing in the shadow of Pushkin; the 14th-century Persian poet whose book can be found in your hotel room; the Belgian novelist who questions his country's very identity; and why people do not read books in Cambodia.
Producer Miriam Newman