Quim Monzó

New York seen from close up and afar, by three great writers who were inextricably attached to the city. Henry James, a native New Yorker, left the city for extended periods of time, though the city haunts his work. Edith Wharton was one of the great chroniclers of New York society, high and low. Elizabeth ... (more)Hardwick, a transplanted Kentuckian, cast her keen eye on the life of the city in the latter half of the twentieth century, when it established itself as the intellectual center of American life. Distinguished contemporary novelists and critics, Colm Tóibín (Brooklyn), Roxana Robinson (Cost), and Darryl Pinckney (High Cotton), who have edited the New York stories of, respectively, James, Wharton, and Hardwick, and the contemporary Catalan writer Quim Monzó, who set his novel in New York, consider the city and the stories it has inspired. Moderated by Edwin Frank, editorial director of NYRB Classics. This program is cosponsored by The Morgan Library & Museum and NYRB Classics. Tickets are $10-15.

Amb Quim Monzó, Julià Guillamon i Miquel Calçada

Aula 40.008