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Into Toni Morrison's 'Home'

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She is a literary icon, an outspoken writer and a Nobel Prize winner. At 81, Toni Morrison is one of America’s greatest authors. Her latest novel "Home" examines her country’s segregationist past. Eve Jackson speaks to the literary grande dame.

CULTURE
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24/09/2009 - Culture

Veilhan exhibition in Versailles.

In this edition of culture Augustin Trapenard talks to us about juvenile literature, and in particular "the boy in the striped pyjamas" of John Boyne. Also after Jeff Koons last year, it is Veilhan's turn to take over Versailles this year.
24/09/2009 - Culture

Merryl Streep talks love and food in Deauville

In this edition of Culture, we go to Deauville to enjoy Americain cinema. Interview with Merryl streep who tells us about her new film: "Julie and Julia", a story about food and love, in collaboration with Stanley Tucci.
08/09/2009 - culture

The fairy tale of cashmere

In this edition of Culture, we can discover the starting career of a young-gifted British girl joining the Boltchoi troup in Russia. The report of this edition is dedicated to the making of cashmere in the Himmalayas.
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04/09/2009 - Culture

Indian miracles?

In this edition of Culture, Augustin Trapenard makes takes us to India with the book "The peacock throne", an epic story written by Sujit Saraf, and "India" a book of photography published by the Gründ editions.
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02/09/2009 - Culture

Michael Stanley on his book set in Botswana

In this edition of culture, Michael Stanley talks to us about "a Carrion Death", a fiction set in Botswana. We can also discover the Jewish museum of history in Poland as well as a comtempory art galery in a former bunker of Berlin.

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