Elena Lappin
novelist and author of an investigative essay published in Granta called "Truth and Lies", where she questions the veracity of the account of the Holocaust in the book Fragments by Binjamin Wilkomirski
1 episode
Covers topics in categories such as:
Truth, Lies and fiction
Melvyn Bragg discusses the case of an acclaimed holocaust memoir that was later exposed as fiction, and examines whether authenticity is the right measure for excellence in literature.
15 July 1999
Also featuring: Nick Groom