Gabriela Adamesteanu featured in
HAUNTING THE PRESENT:
The 7th New Literature from Europe Festival
This year’s New Literature from Europe, a yearly festival introducing NYC audiences to contemporary European writers who are garnering critical and public acclaim across the Atlantic, will have as overriding theme the continued sway of history on contemporary life, as authors explore the fascinating blend of modernity and history that so exemplifies Europe, or delve into the deep, dark recesses of their countries’ past. Gabriela Adamesteanu, one of Romanian’s outstanding writers and political journalists, will join Antonia Arslan (Italy), Philippe Claudel (France), Radka Denemarkova (Czech Republic), Jenny Erpenbeck (Germany), Gerhard Roth (Austria), Olga Tokarczuk (Poland), and Kirmen Uribe (Spain) in a series of discussions and readings throughout NYC, guided by American writer André Aciman. Gabriela Adameşteanu will present WASTED MORNING, "a painful symbol of Romania, sacrificed for a century and a half on the altar of two wars plus communism... in Céline’s oral style, reinventing popular speech and the lyricism of the streets..." (Lire), to be published in spring 2011 by Northwestern University Press. Join us for a series of readings and conversations with the authors and learn more about the festival and guest authors at newlitfromeurope.org or icrny.org. Visit also Brooklyn Rail's InTranslation online magazine which features this month a focus on the New Literature from Europe festival authors.
TUE, Nov 16, 7 pm I GROUP READING, McNally-Jackson Books (52 Prince St.)
WED, Nov 17, 6:30 pm I IN CONVERSATION, The Center for Fiction (7 East 47th St.)
THU, Nov 18, 7 pm I GROUP READING & PARTY, Czech Center (321 East 73rd St.)
FREE ADMISSION TO ALL EVENTS
November 2010
ICR New York
