He is one of the greatest American novelists. For several decades already, Russell Banks has been breathing life into characters from small-town America facing social adversity. An incredibly lucid gaze cast on the US and the state of the world, more precious than ever.
This meeting was moderated by Florence Noiville, an author and journalist with Le Monde. She had participated in the Passa Porta Seminar on the theme of ‘the reader’ in March 2018, in preparation for the festival.
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