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Serialised book readings, featuring works from various genres

Serialised book readings, featuring works of non-fiction, biography, autobiography, travel, diaries, essays, humour and history

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Book of the Week: Summer Before the Dark

Peter Firth

Volker Weisemann

Katrin Williams

Duncan Minshull

Book of the Week: Summer Before the Dark: Episode 1

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Episode 1

Summer Before the Dark

BBC Radio 4 - Book of the Week, Summer Before the Dark, Episode 1

Stefan Zweig strolls the seafront at Ostend and waits for his friend Joseph Roth to arrive

Stefan Zweig strolls the seafront at Ostend, Belgium. He is with his mistress and waiting for another writer, Joseph Roth, to arrive.

Volker Weidermann's account of the charming resort of Ostend, and in 1936 it's a haven for Middle-Europe emigres. Abridged in five episodes by Katrin Williams:

Stefan Zweig strolls the seafront, visits a cafe, and waits for his friend Joseph Roth to arrive. Also in town are other writers, wives and mistresses, as storm clouds gather over the rest of Europe..

Reader Peter Firth

Producer Duncan Minshull.

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Volker Weidermann's account of the resort of Ostend in 1936

Volker Weidermann's account of the resort of Ostend, a haven in 1936 for Middle Europe emigres. Abridged by Katrin Williams. Read by Peter Firth

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