Tagore's Salon x Major Books - The Politics of Magical Realism
16 Jul 26 — 16 Jul 26
Other
Venue: SET Social, 55a Nigel Road
Why did it take thirty years for Nguyễn Bình Phương’s The Young Die Old to finally enter the Anglosphere?Three decades on, what are the barriers keeping Vietnamese authors from entering the Western literary sphere?
How is magical realism used as a tool for political allegory, and how has allegory been used to write about war?
What are the limits of magical realism across time, language, and cultures?
Join Tagore’s Salon and Major Books in exploring these questions with Kim Trần, the editor and publisher of Major Books. All are welcome; this discussion assumes no preexisting knowledge of Vietnamese literature or language.
