We are getting more information by the hour and the day about exactly what happened in manchester. Much of the focus on salman abedi, this young man who appears to have been the suicide bomber. The more we learn, the more you learn, does it seem to you this fits a familiar template or does this in any way seem different from europes other mass murders of recent times . I think it fits a familiar template but it is changing. You know, terrorism is not always the same. And within that sort of Third Generation jihadism that we have witnessed over the years, of course. Of course as a frenchman, what happened in manchester reminds us of the bataclan Music Hall Attack On 13th November 2015. But there it was a whole group of people who were largely organised, who had come back from syria through belgium, and you know, there were a number of people, the attacks took place in many places, they were coordinated, the stadium of france, in the sidewalk cafes, this is a loner. He acted alone. Maybe
We are getting more information by the hour and the day about exactly what happened in manchester. Much of the focus on salman abedi, this young man who appears to have been the suicide bomber. The more we learn, the more you learn, does it seem to you this fits a familiar template or does this in any way seem different from europes other mass murders of recent times . I think it fits a familiar template but it is changing. You know, terrorism is not always the same. And within that sort of Third Generation jihadism that we have witnessed over the years, of course. Of course as a frenchman, what happened in manchester reminds us of the bataclan Music Hall Attack On 13th November 2015. But there it was a whole group of people who were largely organised, who had come back from syria through belgium, and you know, there were a number of people, the attacks took place in many places, they were coordinated, the stadium of france, in the sidewalk cafes, this is a loner. He acted alone. Maybe
We are getting more information by the hour and the day about exactly what happened in manchester. Much of the focus on salman abedi, this young man who appears to have been the suicide bomber. The more we learn, the more you learn, does it seem to you this fits a familiar template or does this in any way seem different from europes other mass murders of recent times . I think it fits a familiar template but it is changing. You know, terrorism is not always the same. And within that sort of Third Generation jihadism that we have witnessed over the years, of course. Of course as a frenchman, what happened in manchester reminds us of the bataclan Music Hall Attack On 13th November 2015. But there it was a whole group of people who were largely organised, who had come back from syria through belgium, and you know, there were a number of people, the attacks took place in many places, they were coordinated, the stadium of france, in the sidewalk cafes, this is a loner. He acted alone. Maybe
well, not necessarily. my guest is the renowned colombian novelistjuan gabriel vasquez, who weaves powerful stories out of fact and fiction. is there anything magical about colombia s current reality? juan gabriel vasquez, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you. now you inhabit two different intellectual worlds. you are a political commentator. it is yourjob to have instant, strong opinions for newspapers. on the other hand, you re also a novelist who writes complex, nuanced novels that are sort of riddled with doubt and uncertainty. which of these two mental attitudes comes more naturally to you? well, i m first and foremost a novelist. iwas. i began writing fiction at a very young age, and it was always my ideal to write the kind of novels that i had grown up with. but in south america, a novelist is also a citizen. and so you develop very quickly the need, the compulsion sometimes, the feeling of obligation to comment on the political rea
my guest is the renowned colombian novelist juan gabriel vasquez, who weaves powerful stories out of fact and fiction. is there anything magical about colombia s current reality? juan gabriel vasquez, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you. now you inhabit two different intellectual worlds. you are a political commentator. it is yourjob to have instant, strong opinions for newspapers. on the other hand, you re also a novelist who writes complex, nuanced novels that are sort of riddled with doubt and uncertainty. which of these two mental attitudes comes more naturally to you? well, i m first and foremost a novelist. iwas. i began writing fiction at a very young age, and it was always my ideal to write the kind of novels that i had grown up with. but in south america, a novelist is also a citizen. and so you develop very quickly the need, the compulsion sometimes, the feeling of obligation to comment on the political reality. so in a sense, t