Lost in Berlin

Amit Chaudhuri is an acclaimed essayist, musician, poet and the author of eight novels. His latest, Sojourn, is the story of an Indian academic who arrives in Berlin in 2005 and finds himself absorbed by the city. With this absorption comes the dissolution of identity and memory, as he experiences a profound identification with this otherwise foreign place. Chaudhuri talks about the relationship between history, identity and memory.

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Amit Chaudhuri is the author of 8 novels, the latest of which is Sojourn. His most recent nonfiction book, Finding the Raga, explores North Indian classical music. He is also an essayist, poet, short story writer, singer and composer.

Jonathan Green has been an editor, writer, commentator and broadcaster in a 40-year career. He left The Age in 2006 to edit Crikey. After three years there, he moved to the ABC as founding editor of ABC Online’s The Drum. He was editor of Meanjin from 2015 to 2022. He now presents Blueprint for Living on ABC Radio National and the ABC podcast Return Ticket. He is the author of Around Australia In 80 Days and The Year My Politics Broke.

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