Interview with Fatima Soulhia Manet, by Annie Heminway
Fatima Soualhia Manet brings Marguerite Duras to life on stage.
[Photo: Yan Duffas]
Fatima Soualhia Manet brings Marguerite Duras to life on stage.
[Photo: Yan Duffas]
The Cipriani Pool [Photo: Marco LoVerso]
The more our lives as writers and readers are spent online, the more we appreciate what the literary festival – of whatever size – has to offer: not only personal contact with other writers and readers, but also friendliness, warmth, and the kind of intimacy that conversations about good books bring out in people who love reading. When the festival is small, these priceless qualities are all the more concentrated. And when a superb setting is added to the mix, the small festival becomes irresistible.
