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EUROPEAN BOOK CLUB
With Andrés Barba
At the next European Book Club online event the Instituto Cervantes Dublin, together with the EUNIC partner organizations, will host a discussion on the book A Luminous Republic by Spanish author Andrés Barba, translated into English by Lisa Dillman. The author will chat with journalist Antonio Jaén, followed by Q&A.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Andrés Barba (born in Madrid in 1975), became known in 2001 with La hermana de Katia which was followed by two nouvelle books, The Right Intention and Rain Over Madrid, and six more novels that confirmed him as one of the most important Spanish novelists of his generation; Ahora tocad música de baile, Versiones de Teresa, Such Small Hands, August, October, Death of a Horse, En presencia de un payaso, and A Luminous Republic (winner of the Herralde Award, finalist for the Gregor Von Rezzori Award). He is also author of essays and poetry. As a translator he has published works of authors including Herman Melville, Henry James, Joseph Conrad and Thomas De Quincey. He was chosen by the prestigious Granta magazine as one of the best young Spanish-language storytellers. His work has been translated into twenty four languages. He is currently visiting professor at Princeton University.
ABOUT THE BOOK
One day, the children begin to show up in the subtropical town of San Cristóbal. Aged between nine and thirteen, the children are covered in dirt and hungry. No one knows where they come from or where they disappear to each night. A fearsome and thrilling modern morality tale that retraces the lines between good and evil, the civilised and the wild, and drags our assumptions about childhood and innocence out into the light.
EUROPEAN BOOK CLUB
The European Book Club takes place once a month with different authors from all over Europe. It is supported by the EUNIC (European Union National Institutes for Culture) organizations in Ireland. The purpose of EUNIC is to create a lasting partnership and network between the participating institutions in order to enhance and promote cultural diversity and understanding between European societies, as well as to strengthen international dialogue and cooperation with countries outside Europe.
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3 June 2021, 6 pm GMT+1 Irish author Anne Enright