Jamaica Kincaid and Míriam Cano, Rebel Memories
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Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB) Carrer de Montalegre 5, 08001 Barcelona
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Jamaica Kincaid, one of the great voices of English-language literature, speaks with the writer and translator Míriam Cano about the role of the past in constructing one’s identity in a world marked by the colonial legacy.
Born in Antigua and raised in Dominica, then British colonies, and sent at the age of seventeen to be an au pair in New York, Jamaica Kincaid’s life in these Caribbean islands and her experiences as a migrant pervade her stories which, over time, have become essential for understanding the legacy of colonialism that still marks contemporary society. In her most recent writing, Kincaid plays with time and invites the reader to reflect on a universal question: what influence does what we drag along with us from the past have in shaping what we are today? Can memory be the place from which to shed light on other ways of explaining who we are and making sense of the world?
Event will be held in Catalan and English with simultaneous translation from English to Catalan.
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