Confronting the Past: Time and Memory in Contemporary Fiction

Kjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold, Jean-Philippe Blondel, Pedro Carmona-Alvarez, Michael Holtmann, Jonas Karlsson

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It’s human nature — the past is always waiting to ambush us even as time hurtles us toward future unknowns. The four international novelists participating in this discussion will describe how they exploit this universal truth while fleshing out their fictional characters, setting up scenes, and plotting their stories.