BOOK DISCUSSION : Readers' Break presents "Urs Widmer's "My Mother's Lover & My Father's Book" at Pro Helvetia – Swiss Arts Council, D-9, Second Floor, Gulmohar Park > 6:30pm on 29th April 2017

Author Urs Widmer

Time : 6:30 pm Add to Calendar 29/04/2017 18:30 30/04/2017 20:30 Asia/Kolkata BOOK DISCUSSION : Readers' Break presents "Urs Widmer's "My Mother's Lover & My Father's Book" Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2017/04/book-discussion-readers-break-presents.html Pro Helvetia – Swiss Arts Council, D-9, Second Floor, Gulmohar Park, Delhi - 110049 DD/MM/YYYY

Duration : 2 hours

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served Basis)


Venue : Pro Helvetia – Swiss Arts Council, D-9, Second Floor, Gulmohar Park, Delhi - 110049
Venue Info : prohelvetia.in | Map | Nearest Metro Station - 'Green Park(Yellow Line)' Exit Gate 3

Event Description : BOOK DISCUSSION : Readers' Break presents "Urs Widmer's "My Mother's Lover & My Father's Book"

On the occasion of the third death anniversary of celebrated Swiss writer Urs Widmer, Readers’ Break is collaborating with Pro Helvetia – Swiss Arts Council, New Delhifor a special open and participative discussion on Urs Widmer’s unique dyad, My Mother’s Lover (2000) and My Father’s Book (2004), on Saturday 29 April, 6:30-8:00 at Pro Helvetia – Swiss Arts Council, in Gulmohar Park, Delhi.

In My Mother’s Lover, a son recounts in sensitive and subtly comic tones the unique love story of his mother, originally rich and beautiful but finally penniless, with a young and poor musician that would by the end gain all the fame and wealth this world can offer. My Father’s Book brings the creative recollection further, as the son goes on rewriting the father’s interrupted journal, discovering his participation in 1920s artistic collectives that resisted the rise of imminent totalitarian forces. Through these two works, Urs Widmer merges familial stories with world history, to offer a picture of reality shining with gravity and lightness.


Language : English / Hindi

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