Collecting Worlds Kamila Shamsie and Ilija Trojanow
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| Wed 10 Mar ’10, 12:30pm–1:45pm |
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Where: Embassy Theatre, 10 Kent Terrace, Mt Victoria, Wellington Show map
Restrictions: All Ages
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- General Admission: $18.00
- Booking fees may apply
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Kamila Shamsie and Ilija Trojanow are travellers who have written novels in which characters find themselves in crucial historical moments.
Both are interested in revealing the many voices of colonialism. Trojanow's 'The Collector of Worlds' is a fictional account of the great English explorer Sir Richard Burton's travels in India, Mecca, and to Africa. Shamsie's 'Burnt Shadows' follows a Japanese woman's life from the dropping of the bomb at Nagasaki, to India on the eve of partition, to Karachi, through to New York City and the aftermath of 9/11.
Shamsie and Trojanow's characters move between cultures and identities, continents and eras; and like Burton they collect worlds. Both writers are curious about history's marginal voices - the servants who accompanied Burton, and the wife of an Indian Muslim banished to Pakistan.
Join these writers in conversation with John Newton about history, colonialism past and present, and what it means to be a global citizen.
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