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Abdelkader Benali2015100220150929 (R4)The Moroccan-Dutch writer Abdelkader Benali on bookshops as a source of refuge.

Five European writers explore how issues in their societies are reflected by novelists.

Alba Arikha20151001

Five European writers visit a favourite bookshop to explore how issues preoccupying their societies are being reflected by contemporary novelists.

Today, the Franco-American writer Alba Arikha reflects on whether long-term immigration is causing an identity crisis in her country's contemporary fiction.

Producer: Beaty Rubens.

The Franco-American writer on immigration and an identity crisis in French fiction.

Five European writers explore how issues in their societies are reflected by novelists.

David Wagner20150930

Five European writers visit a favourite bookshop to explore how issues preoccupying their societies are being reflected by contemporary novelists.

Today, David Wagner uncovers whether German literature still shows any sign of an East-West divide, a quarter of a century after the reunification of his home country.

David Wagner asks whether German literature still shows any signs of an east-west divide.

Five European writers explore how issues in their societies are reflected by novelists.

Dorthe Nors2015100120150928 (R4)Dorthe Nors asks if Danish fiction reflects the lives of those living outside Copenhagen.

Five European writers explore how issues in their societies are reflected by novelists.

Elif Shafak20151002Elif Shafak visits an Istanbul bookshop to see if modern Turkey is present on its shelves.

Five European writers explore how issues in their societies are reflected by novelists.