When reality tells tales - 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.



When reality tells tales

S.Alexievitch © Margarita Kabakova / É. Vuillard and L. Zhenyun - D.R.

05/21/2014 >  21:00 - 22:30
Les Subsistances
8 bis quai Saint Vincent
Lyon 1er

Alfred de Musset wrote: “For me, all reality is mere fiction.” Fiction comprised of realities and stories. What boundaries lie between the real and the fictional ? For every author at this round table, connecting to a historical moment consists in dissecting reality, scratching the surface of History with a capital “H” to get close to individual stories, to the minute details of experience. How do authors corral the power for fiction that reality contains ?

 

Hosted by François Bougon.
With :

Liu  Zhenyun
Éric  Vuillard
Svetlana  Alexievitch