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Writer of the invisible | In conversation with Ivorian author GauZ’

Writer of the invisible | In conversation with Ivorian author GauZ’

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Changing his name to GauZ’ at the age of 15 was Armand Patrick Gbaka-Brédé’s first real political act. “You know, in France, Armand is a very sexy name,” says the Ivorian writer with a laugh. But, for him, it is also a name intrinsically linked to France’s cultural imperialism that had eroded the customs, traditions, […]

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Kerala Literature Festival | Fiction is the real truth

Kerala Literature Festival | Fiction is the real truth

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“Fiction can reveal to us the truth of our life at a symbolic level, which is hugely important because human beings are symbolic animals,” said Irish novelist Paul Lynch, winner of the 2023 Booker Prize for his fifth novel, Prophet Song, a stunning portrayal of the ease with which liberal democracies can backslide into authoritarianism. Lynch, […]

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