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Lauren Elkin talks to Shahidha Bari about her novel Scaffolding, set in an apartment in the Belleville neighbourhood of Paris. Anna is a psychoanalyst who has suffered a recent loss. When she meets her new neighbour, young radical feminist Clementine, she starts to question her ideas about desire, feminism and psychoanalysis. Michèle Roberts' new book is a personal, reflective essay on the French writer Colette. Michèle and Lauren discuss the life and work of Colette, from her Claudine novels set in a girls' school to her controversial novel Gigi, made into a famous film starring Leslie Caron, and the heavily autobiographical works featuring her mother, Sido. Director of Tate galleries and museums Maria Balshaw tells us about the book she'd never lend: Derek Jarman's Modern Nature. Presenter: Shahidha Bari Producer: Tim Bano Book List – Sunday 11 August Scaffolding by Lauren Elkin Art Monsters by Lauren Elkin The House in Paris by Elizabeth Bowen Colette: My Literary Mother by Michèle Roberts Claudine by Colette Break of Day by Colette The Rainy Moon and Other Stories by Colette Gigi by Colette Gathering of Strangers: Why Museums Matter by Maria Balshaw Modern Nature by Derek Jarman
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