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For the opening event of the 25th international literature festival berlin's Young Program
Candy Gourlay gives her opening Speech »We Walk With the Stories of our Past«, followed by a discussion and reading on her book »Wild Song«. Hosted by Vivian Perkovic.
On »Wild Song«
It’s 1904. Luki’s mountain village in the Philippines is under American occupation. Rather than following the prescribed path of marriage, Luki would much rather hunt in the forest. When U.S. President Roosevelt invites her to the World’s Fair in St. Louis, Luki doesn’t hesitate. She embarks on the long journey to the United States, hoping to find the freedom she longs for. Told with sensitivity and full of suspense, this book examines racism and colonialism against the historical backdrop of the World’s Fair.
This event was held in English
With Candy Gourlay and Vivian Perkovic
Our Website: literaturfestival.com
Our Instagram-Account: instagram.com/ilb_festival
For the opening event of the 25th international literature festival berlin's Young Program
Candy Gourlay gives her opening Speech »We Walk With the Stories of our Past«, followed by a discussion and reading on her book »Wild Song«. Hosted by Vivian Perkovic.
On »Wild Song«
It’s 1904. Luki’s mountain village in the Philippines is under American occupation. Rather than following the prescribed path of marriage, Luki would much rather hunt in the forest. When U.S. President Roosevelt invites her to the World’s Fair in St. Louis, Luki doesn’t hesitate. She embarks on the long journey to the United States, hoping to find the freedom she longs for. Told with sensitivity and full of suspense, this book examines racism and colonialism against the historical backdrop of the World’s Fair.
This event was held in English
With Candy Gourlay and Vivian Perkovic
Our Website: literaturfestival.com
Our Instagram-Account: instagram.com/ilb_festival
![SAMANTA SCHWEBLIN: El buen mal [Spanish]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/csiVEm9Z7Gw/mqdefault.jpg "SAMANTA SCHWEBLIN: El buen mal [Spanish]
Uncanny, haunting, and intimate, Schweblin’s short stories read like modern fairy tales. »In Samanta Schweblin’s hands a single story becomes a theory of just about everything.« [Colum McCann] In »Good and Evil and Other Stories« [trans. Megan McDowell] she weaves together tales of family, grief, and regret with phantasmagoric imagery – revealing just how fragile and unsettling everyday life can be. In conversation with Juan S. Guse, she discusses neo-fantastical writing and horror.
With Samanta Schweblin
Moderated by Juan S. Guse
Read by Komi Mizrajim Togbonou.
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