Download Flash Player to view this content.

Writers and Company | Oct 24, 2010 | 54:00

October 24, 2010

Eleanor Wachtel speaks with Peruvian novelist, playwright, and essayist, Mario Vargas Llosa. The man who ran for president of Peru is also the country's most famous living writer. Eleanor went to see Mario Vargas Llosa in 1995 - just after he'd won the highest literary award in the Spanish-speaking world, the Cervantes Prize. Now, he's just won the Nobel Prize for literature.

Now Playing on CBC Radio Help Refresh

CBC Radio One

Listen Live Ottawa change

Now Playing:

Fifth Floor03:00 AM to 03:30 AM - EDT

CBC Radio 2

Listen Live Eastern change

Now Playing:

Nightstream12:00 AM to 06:00 AM - EDT

CBC Radio 3

Listen Live Radio 3

Now Playing:

Program information temporarily unavailable.
See what is playing on all streams > Check out the brand new CBC Music service with 40 online radio stations.

1 of 5

Sort by:
Featured
Most Recent
Most Popular
Writers and Company - October 10, 2010Oct 10, 2010 | 54:00Writers and Company October 10, 2010 Audio
Writers and Company October 10, 2010 Oct 10, 2010 | 54:00Eleanor Wachtel travelled to John le Carré's home in Penzance, England, for an exclusive interview about his brand new book. "Our Kind of Traitor".
Writers and Company - August 29, 2010Aug 29, 2010 | 52:38Writers and Company August 29, 2010 Audio
Writers and Company August 29, 2010 Aug 29, 2010 | 52:38Orhan Pamuk Interview: Our summer of Nobel prize winners continues with Turkish writer, Orhan Pamuk. The author of the novel "Snow", and the memoir, Istanbul, talks about his big book of essays, called "Other Colours".
Writers and Company - October 3, 2010Oct 3, 2010 | 54:00Writers and Company October 3, 2010 Audio
Writers and Company October 3, 2010 Oct 3, 2010 | 54:00Paolo Giordano interview: Eleanor Wachtel speaks with Paolo Giordano about his record-breaking novel, "The Solitude of Prime Numbers".
Writers and Company - October 24, 2010Oct 24, 2010 | 54:00Writers and Company October 24, 2010 Audio
Writers and Company October 24, 2010 Oct 24, 2010 | 54:00Eleanor Wachtel speaks with Peruvian novelist, playwright, and essayist, Mario Vargas Llosa. The man who ran for president of Peru is also the country's most famous living writer. Eleanor went to see Mario Vargas Llosa in 1995 - just after he'd won the highest literary award in the Spanish-speaking world, the Cervantes Prize. Now, he's just won the Nobel Prize for literature.
Writers and Company - May 28, 2008Nov 18, 2010 | 54:01Writers and Company May 28, 2008 Audio
Writers and Company May 28, 2008 Nov 18, 2010 | 54:01Nuala O'Faolain: By popular demand, we are making this program available to our listeners; in remembrance of Nuala O’Faolain, the wonderfully funny and moving Irish memoirist and novelist, best known for her utterly candid book, "Are You Somebody". She died on May 9, 2008 of lung cancer. She was 68 years old.
Writers and Company - August 18, 2010Aug 18, 2010 | 52:15Writers and Company August 18, 2010 Audio
Writers and Company August 18, 2010 Aug 18, 2010 | 52:15This week, Eleanor Wachtel speaks with English writer, A.S. Byatt on her first novel in seven years - a big, ambitious, exceptionally rich story called "The Children’s Book."
Writers and Company - September 19, 2010Sep 19, 2010 | 51:49Writers and Company September 19, 2010 Audio
Writers and Company September 19, 2010 Sep 19, 2010 | 51:49This week, Eleanor Wachtel speaks with one of Israel's most celebrated and outspoken writers, Amos Oz.
Writers and Company - April 18, 2010Apr 18, 2010 | 54:00Writers and Company April 18, 2010 Audio
Writers and Company April 18, 2010 Apr 18, 2010 | 54:00Isabel Allende Interview
Writers and Company - April 4, 2010Apr 4, 2010 | 54:00Writers and Company April 4, 2010 Audio
Writers and Company April 4, 2010 Apr 4, 2010 | 54:00Antonio Skarmeta Interview
Writers and Company - February 7, 2010Feb 7, 2010 | 53:59Writers and Company February 7, 2010 Audio
Writers and Company February 7, 2010 Feb 7, 2010 | 53:59David Hare Interview
Writers and Company - July 11, 2010Jul 11, 2010 | 52:07Writers and Company July 11, 2010 Audio
Writers and Company July 11, 2010 Jul 11, 2010 | 52:07Derek Walcott Interview: Our Sunday summer of Nobel Prize winners continues with the 1992 winner, poet Derek Walcott. From his Homeric evocation of the fishermen of his native St Lucia to "The Prodigal", his newest journey through the landscapes of Europe and the New World.
Writers and Company - June 6, 2010Jun 6, 2010 | 52:40Writers and Company June 6, 2010 Audio
Writers and Company June 6, 2010 Jun 6, 2010 | 52:40Rebecca Goldstein Interview: This week, "36 Arguments for the Existence of God" - a new novel by philosopher Rebecca Goldstein, author of "The Mind-Body Problem" and "Betraying Spinoza".
Writers and Company - September 26, 2010Sep 26, 2010 | 52:46Writers and Company September 26, 2010 Audio
Writers and Company September 26, 2010 Sep 26, 2010 | 52:46Per Petterson Interview: Eleanor Wachtel speaks with the award-winning Norwegian novelist, Per Petterson. The author of "Out Stealing Horses" has a new book called "I Curse the River of Time".
Writers and Company - October 17, 2010Oct 17, 2010 | 54:00Writers and Company October 17, 2010 Audio
Writers and Company October 17, 2010 Oct 17, 2010 | 54:00This week, more from John le Carré as he elaborates on the seductive side of espionage, the changing world of spying, and his own complicated upbringing and relationship with his parents.
Writers and Company - May 16, 2010May 16, 2010 | 54:00Writers and Company May 16, 2010 Audio
Writers and Company May 16, 2010 May 16, 2010 | 54:00Irish Panel

1 of 5