Three International Literary Sensations in One Hour-long Interview

clockwise from top left: Peixoto, Grimbert, and Agualusa

In addition to the official season premiere of “Beatrice @ the Merc” later this month, I’ve been invited to host another literary event at the Mercantile Library Center for Fiction. On Sept. 16, I’ll be leading a discussion with three internationally acclaimed authors—José Eduardo Agualusa (The Book of Chameleons), José Peixeto (The Implacable Order of Things), and Philippe Grimbert (Memory)—about the ways that history and memory come into play in their fiction. I’m digging into the reading now—and looking forward to planning out some interesting questions for our hour-long conversation.

So that’s the Mercantile Library (17 East 47th St.), at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, September 16. I hope to see you there!

(UPDATE: This event is now co-sponsored by Words without Borders, an online magazine for literature in translation that undertakes to promote international communication through publication of the world’s best writing. Its monthly publications include fiction, nonfiction, poetry and contextual essays, all available for free online.)

3 September 2008 | events |