10 am

Event 6
The book: chapter 2

Robert Darnton
John Makinson

mediator
Cristiane Costa

No contemporary author has studied the past and future of books as thoroughly as historian Robert Darnton. Director of the Harvard University Library, he was actively involved in negotiations with Google about the digitisation of the library’s collections. He registered some of his thoughts on the project in essays collected in The Case for Books, recently published in Brazil. John Makinson, Chairman and Chief Executive of the Penguin Group, has been at the vanguard of the recent transformations suffered by the publishing industry around the world. The possible futures of the written word are the subject of their conversation in Paraty.

12 pm

Event 7
Beyond the master’s house

Alberto da Costa e Silva
Maria Lúcia Pallares-Burke
Ângela Alonso

mediator
Lilia Schwarcz

Though his body of work is vast, Gilberto Freyre tends to be remembered mostly for The Masters and the Slaves and The Mansions and the Shanties. This panel will examine Freyre’s contributions beyond his most famous books. Africa specialist Alberto da Costa e Silva will discuss Nordeste, historian Maria Lúcia Pallares-Burke will talk about Ingleses no Brasil, while sociologist Ângela Alonso will share her thoughts on Order and Progress.

Support

3 pm

Event 8
Postcolonial tea

William Boyd
Pauline Melville

mediator
Ángel Gurría-Quintana

Both William Boyd and Pauline Melville have been associated to a genre of literature conventionally dubbed “postcolonial”. The tag is vague, and fails to convey with any precision what is unique about the work by its practitioners. It refers, generally, to authors who use fiction to examine the destiny of countries where colonial rule has left still-visible marks. This is exactly what Boyd and Melville do. Their common approach is a springboard for their conversation in Paraty.

5:15 pm

Event 9
New promises, old worlds

A. B. Yehoshua
Azar Nafisi

mediator
Moacyr Scliar

A.B. Yehoshua is one of the great names of Israeli prose fiction, alongside Amos Oz and David Grossman. Like them, he is a humane and articulate voice in the Middle East peace process. Azar Nafisi, an outstanding name in Iranian letters, has used her work to make scathing criticisms of Iran’s theocratic regime. Two authors from troubled countries will attest to the power of literature as a starting point for dialogue between cultures.

7:30 pm

Event 10
In the name of the son

Salman Rushdie

mediator
Silio Boccanera

Salman Rushdie will launch his latest work, Luka and the Fire of Life, during Flip. But the conversation will not be restricted to the themes of the book, a sequel to his celebrated children’s novel, Haroun and the Sea of Stories (1998). Rushdie’s second Flip appearance will allow him to discuss his role as the embodiment of multicultural literature, and to air his views on contemporary current affairs.