Romancero Books con el apoyo de la Oficina de Asuntos Culturales y Cientficos de la Embajada de Espaa en Londres presenta el II Festival de Literatura Queer Espaola en Londres - FLQEL
Charla con Eva baltasar sobre su libro Boulder, presentada por el escritor Xavi Bas
La protagonista de Boulder se gana la vida como cocinera en un viejo barco
mercante. Es la situacin perfecta: soledad, una cabina, el ocano, algn puerto
en el que conocer mujeres y horas para encarar el vaco, para sentir la fuerza
de la provisionalidad. Hasta que un da una de ellas consigue que abandone el
mar, acceda a vivir entre cuatro paredes y se implique en la gestacin
asistida y en la educacin de un hijo. Qu ha hecho la maternidad con la mujer
que en su da conoci en un bar de la Patagonia? Qu har ella, animal enjaulado
en una casa unifamiliar de Reikiavik?
Todo ha cambiado excepto su apodo, Boulder: esas enormes piedras aisladas en
medio del paisaje, expuestas a todo sin que nadie sepa de dnde vienen ni
porque estn ah.
Libro publicado por la editorial Literatura Random House.
Eva Baltasar
(Barcelona, 1978) es escritora y poeta. Su novela Permafrost (Catalan Booksellers' Award 2018, Finalist Prix Mdicis tranger 2021), traducida a ms de diez idiomas, es la primera entrega de un trptico con protagonistas femeninas que ha seguido con Boulder (mnium Award for the Best Catalan Novel 2020, Finalist Prix Les Inrockuptibles 2022) y que ha cerrado con Mamut. La autora vive con sus hijas en un pueblo cerca de las montaas.
Xavier Bas
(Barcelona, 1985) es arquitecto y escribe.
Su recorrido profesional como arquitecto se ha desarrollado entre Barcelona y Londres. Ha sido Guest Critic en la Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL (Londres, Reino Unido) y ha colaborado con la UNISS Alghero (Cerdea, Italia). En ambos centros, pero tambin en Centre dArt Tecla Sala (Barcelona), Museo Internacional de Arte Contemporneo (Lanzarote) y Espao Imerge (Oporto, Portugal) ha participado en proyectos expositivos de artes visuales y arquitectura. Ha publicado artculos y textos en monografas y revistas arquitectnicas en Espaa.
Xavier ha recibido varios premios y becas para participar en workshops y seminarios en UIMP (Santander), COAC (Barcelona), Regenlab (Oporto, Portugal) y el II Congreso Internacional de Arquitectura (Lanzarote, Spain).
En 2020, public Pelo y pluma, que indaga en la relacin entre cuerpo, gnero e identidad.
Xavier vive en Londres.
Evento en espaol con subttulos en ingls.
Charla pregrabada y disponible online desde el mircoles 23 de noviembre 2022 al 6 de enero 2023.
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Romancero Books with the support of the Office for Cultural and Scientific Affairs of the Spanish Embassy in London presents the Festival of Queer Spanish Literature in London - FQSLL
Talk discussing with author Eva Baltasar about her book Boulder, Published by And Other Stories. Event chaired by author Xavi bas.
Working as a cook on a merchant ship, a woman comes to know and love Samsa, a woman who gives her the nickname Boulder. When Samsa gets a job in Reykjavik and the couple decides to move there together, Samsa decides that she wants to have a child. She is already forty and cant bear to let the opportunity pass her by. Boulder is less enthused, but doesnt know how to say no and so finds herself dragged along on a journey that feels as thankless as it is alien.
With motherhood changing Samsa into a stranger, Boulder must decide where her priorities lie, and whether her yearning for freedom can truly trump her yearning for love.
Once again, Eva Baltasar demonstrates her pre-eminence as a chronicler of queer voices navigating a hostile world and in prose as brittle and beautiful as an ancient saga.
Eva Baltasar
(Barcelona, 1978) is a writer and poet. Her novel Permafrost (Catalan Booksellers' Award 2018, Finalist Prix Mdicis tranger 2021), translated into more than ten languages, is the first delivery of a triptych with female protagonists that has followed with Boulder (mnium Award for the Best Catalan Novel 2020, Finalist Prix Les Inrockuptibles 2022) and that has closed with Mamut. The author lives with her daughters in a village near the mountains.
Xavier Bas
(Barcelona, 1985) is an architect and author.
His professional career as an architect has developed between Barcelona and London. He has also been Guest Critic at The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL (London, UK) and has given a lecture at UNISS Alghero (Sardinia, Italy). Both in these locations, but also in Centre dArt Tecla Sala (Barcelona, Spain), Museo Internacional de Arte Contemporneo (Lanzarote, Spain) and Espao Imerge (Porto, Portugal) he has participated in architecture and art exhibitions and presentations. He has published articles and texts in architectural books and magazines in Spain.
Xavier has received several awards and has been granted with several
scholarships to participate in workshops and seminars at UIMP (Santander,
Spain), COAC (Barcelona, Spain), Regenlab (Porto, Portugal) and II
International Architecture Congress (Lanzarote, Spain).
In 2020, he published the book Pelo y pluma (Fur and feathers) in Spanish,
which interrogates the relationship between body, gender and identity.
Xavier lives in London.
Event in Spanish with English subtitles.
Talk prerecorded and available from Wednesday 23rd November, 2022 to Friday 6th January, 2023.
Link to watch the talk will be sent upon ticket purchase.
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