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Meridian - Edna O'Brien - BBC Sounds

Meridian - Edna O'Brien - BBC Sounds

Edna O'BrienEdna O'Brien

Released On: 23 Mar 1982

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Irish novelist Edna O'Brien and a discussion of artists Tina Modotti and Frida Kahlo

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