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Summer Review

on BBC Two England

A repeat of the best work done in Review during the past season.

A Pagan Place
Edna O'Brien's first novel, "The Country Girls," described the experience of an imaginative young girl as she grew up in a small village in the west of Ireland.
In the past ten years, since leaving Ireland in her 20s, Edna O'Brien has written six novels, several film scripts, and many short stories. And her latest novel "A Pagan Place" was published earlier this year. In it she returns to the themes of "The Country Girls" - the fears and guilt associated with the Roman Catholic Church, the frustration felt by the inhabitants of a small and isolated community and the continually changing landscape.
In tonight's film Edna O'Brien reflects on the experiences of her childhood, upon which she has drawn.
Extracts from "A Pagan Place" read by Glenda Jackson

Kurt Vonnegut whose brilliant novel "Slaughterhouse 5" is a best-seller in the United States talks to James Mossman

Contributors

Presenter (A Pagan Place):
Edna O'Brien
Reader (A Pagan Place):
Glenda Jackson
Director (A Pagan Place):
David Heycock
Interviewee:
Kurt Vonnegut
Interviewer/Editor:
James Mossman
Producer:
Peter Adam
Producer:
Darrol Blake

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