Miriam Toews: Can Words Repair?

  • Sun 24 Aug 17:45 - 18:45
  • Courtyard Theatre
  • Captioned
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  • Courtyard Theatre
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Miriam Toews: Can Words Repair?

A Truce That Is Not Peace is the first time Miriam Toews has published a non-fiction work about her own life. The work remakes her world through literary form and proposes the question: how far can words reach? Today, a starry cast including Toews discuss the potential of language – as a salve, an answer, and a way to help us through.

Categories: Non-fiction

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