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Waiting for Love in Commmunist China

Prize-winning novelist Ha Jin talks about writing in English about love and life in China

Interview with Ha Jin, who talks about his novel, Waiting, that won the US National Book Award. It follows, over 20 years, the fortunes of a doctor, his traditional rural wife and his relationship with a nurse from the city. The latest Irish step-dancing show, Dancing on Dangerous Ground, in London, is reviewed. Indian film scholar P.K. Nair tells of the urgent need to preserve his country's early cinematic heritage. Composer John Harbison on his opera The Great Gatsby that premiered at the Metropolitain Opera, New York.

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主播大秀 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project