Human Traces
Novel by Sebastian FaulksWikipedia
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Sep 29, 2026
Sebastian FaulksGUEST
I am tempted to leave it as the only two-book trilogy in modern history, but I am going to finish it because I have to.
Sebastian FaulksGUEST
And so this is Human Traces, which is this massive, great, long novel concerned with, in the late 19th century, the early days of psychiatry and psychoanalysis, and then Snow Country set in the 20s and 30s.
Sebastian FaulksGUEST
And I don't want the third one to be set during the Nazi period.
Sebastian FaulksGUEST
I'm through with Nazis.
Mia SorrentiNARRATOR
I'm senior producer Mia Sorrenti.
Mia SorrentiNARRATOR
How can fiction bring us closer to the lives caught up in the aftermath of war? Today's episode is from our recent live event with Sebastian Faulks, one of Britain's best-loved novelists and author of books including Birdsong, Human Traces, Engelby, and Charlotte Gray.
Mia SorrentiNARRATOR
Faulks joined us at Conway Hall to discuss his new novel, Farewell to Eden, a story of faith, conflict, and love set in post-war Britain and the final days of the British mandate in Palestine.
Mia SorrentiNARRATOR
He explores the history behind the novel from the testimonies of soldiers held in the Imperial War Museum archives to his own father's experiences serving in Palestine.
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Adam RutherfordHOST
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Sebastian FaulksGUEST
... modern history, but I, I am going to finish it because I have to.
Sebastian FaulksGUEST
And, um, so this, this is Human Traces, which is this massive, great, long novel, uh, concerned with, in the late 19th century, the early days of psychiatry and psychoanalysis, and then Snow Country set in the '20s and '30s.
Sebastian FaulksGUEST
And I don't want the, um, the third one to be set during the Nazi period.
Sebastian FaulksGUEST
Well, I'm still trying to get my head around this, really.
Sebastian FaulksGUEST
But I hope there will be something in my I have to finish an Austrian trilogy of which I've written two books, Human Traces and Snow Country.
Sebastian FaulksGUEST
And I have promised myself that that will be my next project, because although it's tempting to have a two book trilogy would make it very unique in this reason.
Sebastian FaulksGUEST
I feel I owe it to myself and to my readers to finish that.