Break-up - VILLA-GILLET // AIR // LES ASSISES INTERNATIONALES DU ROMAN 2012

Diversity of voices, diversity of languages : one week of events and readings in Lyon and in the Rhône-Alpes region.



Break-up

05/24/2014 >  20:30 - 22:00
Les Subsistances
8 bis quai Saint-Vincent
Lyon 1er

Whether it takes the form of a sudden break-up or of a more insidious separation, the end of a relationship is always lived as a major event, because it means giving up part of one’s history, part of oneself. Whether it is another form of grief or the beginning of a new life, novelists try to understand how separation affects our identity and its long term consequences.
To what extent does a separation modify one’s life story ? Can we truly talk about "getting over it" ? Or should we sometimes see it as something positive ? And can this experience be the same for men and for women ?

 

Hosted by Fabienne Dumontet.
With :

Lorna  Goodison
Rachel  Cusk
Santiago  Amigorena