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HARDtalk: Louis de Bernieres

22/04/2008

Louis de Bernieres

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Louis de Bernieres' latest novel, A Partisan's Daughter revisits the former Yugoslavia.

Louis de Bernieres' latest novel, A Partisan's Daughter revisits the recent history of the former Yugoslavia. He talks to Gavin Esler.

In terms of its ambition, the fiction of Louis de Bernieres has been compared to that of Tolstoy, and yet he is also one of the most popular writers in the English language. He had an enormous hit with Captain Corelli's Mandolin and wide acclaim for Birds Without Wings. His latest novel, A Partisan's Daughter revisits the more recent history of the former Yugoslavia. He talks to Gavin Esler.

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