New Events: Némirovsky, Shipwrecked Bodies and David T. Broughton

by mengfei on 02/03/12 at 3:34 pm

Good things come in threes!

Whether you like live music, gender-bending fiction from sunny Mexico or want to learn more about the life of one of the twentieth century’s most tragic and fascinating literary figures, BLF just added three exciting new events for you.

Check them out:

1. British folk singer-guitarist David Thomas Broughton‘s performances combines off-the-cuff improvisation with unconventional instruments – radios, televisions, natural field recordings and more. Come join us for a night of musical fun with this Pyongyang-based maverick. Head here to listen to Broughton’s latest album.

2. In Mexican author Ana Clavel’s latest novel Shipwrecked Body, Antonia wakes up in the body of a man. As Anton, she sets out to explore the hyper-masculine world of Mexico City from a new perspective – changing everything she thought she knew about herself. Join us or a special multimedia event featuring videos and more as Clavel discusses gender identity, the complicated labyrinth of the male body and the inspiration behind her work. Head to Clavel’s website for a sneak peek.

 3. More than sixty years after Irène Némirovsky’s death at Auschwitz, her posthumously published Suite Française swept the international literary scene, selling more than a million and a half copies in more than 30 languages. But her complex personal story  - her tumultuous family life, her career as a successful writer in pre-war France, her alleged Anti-Semitism and her tragic murder at the hands of the Nazis  - is no less dramatic and moving than her most powerful fiction. Drawing on Némirovsky’s diaries, previously untapped archival material and interviews, Olivier Philipponnat gives us an intimate picture of the writer, the  turbulent times she lived in and the ways in which she used the details of her remarkable life to create human and incisive fiction. Join us as Philipponnat discusses one of the 20th century’s most fascinating writers.

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