Michel Faber: 'Writing is an act of protest' #wu17

by A Quattro Mani
21 January 201729 March 2022
4 min read
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Het was een mooie en ontwapende lezing van de Australisch-Nederlandse schrijver Michel Faber, gisteren op de Friday Night Unlimited van het literair festival Winternachten, in zijn geboortestad Den Haag. Zijn lezing ging over ‘Fictie in tijden van fake’. ‘Voordat ik hoogdravende uitspraken ga doen over literatuur en over wat literatuur in de huidige wereld vermag, wil ik open kaart met u spelen, zei Faber. ‘Ikzelf lees vrijwel geen fictie. Ik wend mij niet tot fictie voor troost en (ont)spanning...

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Photographer Marc Brester and journalist Vivian de Gier can read and write with each other - literally. As partners in crime, they travel the world for various media, for reviews of the finest literature and personal interviews with the writers who matter. Ahead of the troops and beyond the delusion of the day.View Author posts

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