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Last broadcast on Thu, 5 Nov 2009, 16:00 on BBC Radio 4 (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
James Naughtie and readers talk to Linda Grant about her novel When I Lived in Modern Times, winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2000.
Linda is known for bringing a strong Jewish identity to most of her writing. 'Scratch a Jew and you've got a story', remarks the main character Evelyn Sert on the story's first page as she looks over her life. The novel follows Evelyn - hairdresser, spy, lover - on her voyage from post-war London to Tel Aviv, where the British are preparing to leave Palestine and the new state of Israel is about to be born.
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Sun 1 Nov 200916:00
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Thu 5 Nov 200916:00
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