Man Most Intimate

Alberto Manguel and João Reis

7:00pm

Monday, September 25

60 mins

The short novel can have the most intense impact on the reader as every word carries significant weight and meaning. Portuguese writer and translator João Reis discusses The Devastation of Silence (translated by Adrian Minckley) and the story of a Portuguese prisoner of war struggling to find meaning amongst hardship, and someone to hear his story. Internationally acclaimed anthologist, translator, essayist, novelist and editor Alberto Manguel is also an astonishingly prolific bestselling author. His 2023 output includes two novellas, A Return and The Overdiscriminating Lover, both of which explore the passions and possibilities, moments and memories that shape and drive a man’s life.

Moderated by Martha Batiz.

Presented with support from Consulado Geral de Portugal em Toronto.

This event will be followed by a book signing.

Conversation

How to attend

$19.99

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Moderated by Martha Batiz.

Presented with support from Consulado Geral de Portugal em Toronto.

This event will be followed by a book signing.

Conversation

Featured Authors

Alberto Manguel

Alberto Manguel is an Argentinian-Canadian writer, translator, editor and critic, born in 1948. He has published novels and non-fiction, including With Borges, A History of Reading and (with Gianni Guadalupi) The Dictionary of Imaginary Places. He has received numerous awards, among others the Guggenheim in 2004, Commander of the Order of Arts & Letters from France in 2014, the Gutenberg Prize 2018 and Officer of the Order of Canada 2018. He is doctor honoris causa of the universities of Ottawa and York, Liège, Cambridge Anglo Ruskin and Poitiers. Until August of 2018 he was the director of the National Library of Argentina. He is now the director of the Centro de Estudos da História da Leitura.