Sue Prideaux on Edvard Munch, 5th of 5 [15min]

In the last years of his life, Munch finds himself first denigrated by the invading Nazis, and then hailed as a hero. Despite all protests, Munch's funeral arrangements are forcibly organised by the Third Reich. Sue Prideaux's Edvard Munch: Behind the Scream (Yale University Press) -- here abridged by dramatist Polly Coles and read by actor Louis Hillyer -- is the first full biography of Munch written in English.