Galery of Nonconformists
Unconventional Literature
A selection of creators of literary artefacts that challenge conventions. Experimental novels, the mixing and fusion of genres, paths that fork off on the Internet, prodigious tales of famine and war, explorations of the minds of autistic savants, meta-literary fictions close to the truth. A kosmopolitan gallery to make the mind dance and the body think: a selection of Nonconformists at Kosmopolis.
Mark Z. Danielewski
House of Leaves: Cult literature
What would happen if a house were larger on the inside than on the outside? This is the paradox that structures House of Leaves (La casa de hojas), the debut novel of American author Mark Z. Danielewski. With him, we talk about houses that grow inside, books that expand, hypertexts ...
William T. Vollmann and Juan Francisco Ferré
Literature on The Edge
Juan Francisco Ferré, winner of the 2012 Herralde Prize and expert in US literature, talks to the author of Europe Central, The Rainbow Stories and The Royal Family about the origins and motivations of his work. An exciting talk with one of the foremost living ...
Daniel Tammet and Màrius Serra
Change in an Extraordinary Mind
A conversation-game between writer and savant communicator Daniel Tammet and wordplay specialist Màrius Serra. Daniel Tammet is capable of learning any language in a week and can recite the decimals of the mathematical constant Pi for five hours, but his true gift ...
Lyudmila Petrushevskaya
There Once Lived a Woman...
Writer and dramatist, cabaret singer and animation scriptwriter, Lyudmila Petrushevskaya is a great lady of Russian letters. Her work is an unusual combination of dark fairy tale and asphyxiating realism. The author talks with the poet and translator Xènia Dyakonova, in an act hosted ...
Teju Cole and Enrique Vila-Matas
The Errant Novel
Enrique Vila-matas and Teju Cole talki with Jordi Nopca about their latest novels Mac y su contratiempo (Seix Barral) and Cada día es del ladrón (Acantilado) and reflect on the genesis of a work that finds its reference elements far from the most immediate linguistic tradition and that proposes, at the same time, writing as a reflection on itself.
Svetlana Alexievich
The Voices of History
We take a closer look at the life and literary career of Belarusian writer Svetlana Alexievich, winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature, through a dialogue with writer Francesc Serés.
Sergio Chejfec
Narrating Google. Writing workshop
How has Google affected cinema, literature, photography, and contemporary art? The Internet and its evolution through refined browsers and search and representation systems have changed our sensitivity towards things in general and the territory in particular. The cartography of the physical ...