Writing the past
Writing the past – PEN Transmissions
Against the ignorant sun
Towards complete self acceptance, via suburban Jakarta, Christian saints and a shopping centre’s car park: Norman Erikson Pasaribu writes his personal history.
The past is a dimension of the present: a conversation with Javier Cercas
In his novels and non-fiction work, Javier Cercas relentlessly dissects the Spanish past. Most recently, The Impostor (translated by Frank Wynne) was longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize.
If Gaza were a story
Doaa Mohaisen grew up in Gaza. When she moved to Qatar, she was confronted with 'the fakeness and fragility of the hero narrative'.
The past and the present side by side: a conversation with Peter Kimani
Kenyan writer Peter Kimani talks to us about how he tackled the past in his latest novel, representing otherness, and freedom of speech in Kenya.