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Join international authors Sibylle Grimbert and Michel Nieva in conversation as they approach our contemporary climate crisis through fictional lenses of the past and the future. Award-winning French novelist, Grimbert’s The Last of Its Kind is translated into English for the first time and tells the story of a young geologist in 19th century Iceland and his anatomical obsession with a wounded bird. Nieva’s atmospheric debut, Dengue Boy dives into a cyberpunk climate catastrophe of 2272 and a young man in a Kafka-esque world searching for meaning in a world devoid of kindness. These atmospheric novels, ask us to consider whether humanity has played a part in the death of the world we know.

Moderated by Maria Cichosz

Sibylle Grimbert’s Festival appearance is generously supported by Institut Francais du Canada and Ambassade de France Au Canada.

The Last of Its Kind

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Sibylle Grimbert

Sibylle Grimbert's eleventh novel, Le Dernier des siens (2022) was a finalist for the Femina, Renaudot, Femina Lycéens, and Renaudot Lycéens prizes, and the Grand Prix de l’Académie française. The book has been translated into many languages, including English as The Last of Its Kind (tr.

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Michel Nieva

Michel Nieva (1988) is an Argentinian writer based in NYC, where he teaches Writing at NYU. A Granta's Best Spanish Young Novelists 2021 and also a 2022 O'Henry Prize Winner, Nieva has written short stories, collections of essays, and now, with Dengue Boy, his first novel.

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