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Saturday, October 13 • 12:45pm - 1:45pm
Desirable Body

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Hubert Haddad will present his bestselling book, Desirable Body, a medical mystery/fantasy/love story that delves deeply into the nature of consciousness while raising many of the ethical and existential issues facing scientists today. This author talk will be moderated by Shuchi Saraswat, curator of the Transnational Literature Series at Brookline Booksmith, an events series focused on migration, exile and displacement and works in translation. Their conversation will be followed by audience Q&A.

Moderators
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Shuchi Saraswat

Shuchi Saraswat's photographs and prose have appeared in Ecotone, Tin House online, Women’s Review of Books, and Quick Fiction. Her essay "The Journey Home" received a special mention in Pushcart XLII 2018 and will be anthologized in Trespass: Ecotone Essayists Beyond the Boundaries... Read More →

Presenters
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Hubert Haddad

Hubert Haddad is a poet, playwright, short story writer and novelist. Born in Tunisia, he began publishing in 1967 with his first collection of poems, Le Charnier déductif. Haddad is the recipient of the Grand Prix du Roman de la Société des Gens de Lettres and the Prix des Cinq... Read More →


Saturday October 13, 2018 12:45pm - 1:45pm EDT
French Cultural Center 53 Marlborough St, Boston, MA 02116, USA