Claire Messud

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Claire Messud talks about her new book, This Strange Eventful History - an epic family history set across seven decades and five perspectives. Plus Kafka's influence on contemporary writing - in story collection A Cage Went In Search Of A Bird. Shahidha talks to author Leone Ross and to Anna Kelly, Publishing Director for Abacus and Virago, who commissioned the work. And in celebration of Pride Month, Chinese American writer Jiaming Tang on how his love of reading helped him embrace his queerness and connect with his family. Presenter: Shahidha Bari Producer: Emma Wallace Book List - Monday 10 June This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud The Last Life by Claire Messud The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud A Cage Went in Search of a Bird: Ten Kafkaesque Stories The Trial by Franz Kafka The Castle by Franz Kafka Cockroach by Ian McEwan The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid Cinema Love by Jiaming Tang The Lives of Girls and Women by Alice Munro Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Great Expectations by Charles Dickens When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities by Chen Chen The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan Deltora Quest by Emily Rodda