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2:00-3:30
Conversation: Chico Buarque and Paul Auster (SOLD OUT)
Where: The New York Public Library, South Court Auditorium: 5th Ave. & 42nd St. (Enter on 5th Ave.)
Co-sponsored by LIVE from the NYPL
Ticketing: $10 general admission; $7 for Library donor groups. Tickets available from Smarttix on-line at www.smarttix.com or by phone at (212) 868-4444.
This event is free for Festival Pass holders. Pass holder reservations are required. Click here to e-mail your reservation or call (212) 224-1660, ext. 119.
4:00–5:30
Confronting the Worst: Writing and Catastrophe (SOLD OUT)
Svetlana Alexievich, François Bizot, Carolin Emcke, Philip Gourevitch, Ryszard Kapuscinski, Elena Poniatowska; moderated by Susie Linfield
Some
of the best writers of the late twentieth century (and the early
twenty-first) have documented extremities of human suffering, including
war, torture, genocide, and famine. What is the writer's role as
documentarian, scourge to conscience and action, and moral witness? How
has that role been affected by changing technologies, particularly
photo- and video-journalism and the Internet? A diverse group of
writers who have made distinguished contributions to this literature
share reflections on writing about—and on trying to grasp—some of the
most extreme horrors of recent history.
Where: The New York Public Library, South Court Auditorium: 5th Ave. & 42nd St. (Enter on 5th Ave.)
Co-sponsored by LIVE from the NYPL
Ticketing: $10 general admission; $7 for Library donor groups. Tickets available from Smarttix on-line at www.smarttix.com or by phone at (212) 868-4444.
This event is free for Festival Pass holders. Pass holder reservations are required. Click here to e-mail your reservation or call (212) 334-1660, ext. 119.
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7:30–9:00 SOLD OUT
Don Quixote at 400: A Tribute
(SOLD OUT)
Margaret Atwood, Paul Auster, Assia Djebar, Claudio Magris, Norman Manea, Antonio Muñoz Molina, Laura Restrepo; introduced by Salman Rushdie, with a performance by baritone Chris Pedro Trakas, accompanied on the piano by John Musto
First
published in 1605, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra’s novel about a man
under the spell of fiction has been casting its own spell on readers
everywhere for four centuries. The story of Don Quixote has become a
kind of natural resource, not only for writers but also for filmmakers,
musicians, and artists of all kinds. In this celebration of the first
modern novel, internationally renowned writers talk about its
continuing global impact, and film clips and musical interludes present
some of its many metamorphoses.
Where: The New York Public Library, Celeste Bartos Forum: 5th Ave. & 42nd St. (Enter on 42nd St.)
Co-sponsored by LIVE from the NYPL, the Instituto Cervantes, and the Centenario del Quijote de Castilla La Mancha
Ticketing: $10 general admission; $7 for Library donor groups. Tickets available from Smarttix on-line at www.smarttix.com or by phone at (212) 868-4444.
This event is free for Festival Pass holders. Pass holder reservations are required. Click here to e-mail your reservation or call (212) 334-1660, ext. 119.
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To purchase books by World Voices participants, please visit McNally Robinson Booksellers at 50 Prince Street, between Lafayette and Mulberry Streets.  |
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