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My Life in Five Books

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What are the books that changed your life, your attitude to living and view of the world?

What are the books that changed your life, your attitude to living, your view of the world? Picking five books that are significant to them, guests give us a fascinating insight

My Life in Five Books: Series 2: Zoe Wicomb

Zoe Wicomb

Series 2

BBC Radio 4 Extra - My Life in Five Books, Series 2, Zoe Wicomb

South African-born Zoe Wicomb tells Stuart Cosgrove about her five favourite books.

Zoe Wicomb: The South African writer talks about apartheid, and living and writing in Scotland. With Stuart Cosgrove. From August 2011.

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Zoe Wicomb was born and raised in South Africa and has lived in Scotland since 1994. She's taught in the Department of English Studies at the University of Strathclyde and now concentrates on writing.

Her latest book, You Can't get Lost in Cape Town is a collection of short stories about growing up as a young coloured woman in South Africa. 

Zoe talked to Stuart about these five books:

1. The Children's Bible
2. Toni Morrison - Beloved.
3. Flannery O'Connor -A Good Man Is Hard to Find.
4. Chinua Achebe - Things Fall Apart. 
5. Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse.

My Life in Five Books: Series 2

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