BLOG TAG: south of the border
| Friday, May 2, 2008 1:18PM | | | | Personal narrative and public.... | | Tags: Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, South of the Border, Brooklyn, nomads, private, public, marginal, autobiography, imagination, women writers. | | | Mexican novelist Carmen Boullosa and Honduras/El Salvador author Horacio Castallanos novelist and journalists both read a passage from a novel in English, and then sat down for a talk with playwright Nathalie Handal.
Nathalie Handal kicked off the exchange with a funny and revealing anecdote: Carmen Boullosa had just published a novel that was getting a lot of attention, and one of Mexico City famous critics called her up and said, you have to send me a new copy of your book immediately. I am missing five pages, and I can't wait to finish your book. By the way I really enjoyed when your mother made love to a priest! Boullosa was stunned: "it's a novel," she said. "I's not about my mother. My... | | | | | |
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