THE SINGULARITY - Balsam Karam in conversation with Kaye Mitchell
| Dates: | 11 March 2024 |
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| Times: | 18:30 - 20:00 |
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| What is it: | Book launch |
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| Organiser: | School of Arts, Languages and Cultures |
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| How much: | From £3.00 (plus booking fee) |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, Families, Adults, Alumni, Current University students, General public |
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We're delighted to be welcoming Balsam Karam to Manchester to discuss her new novel THE SINGULARITY, a lyrical and devastating study of grief, migration and motherhood. Balsam will be in conversation with Kaye Mitchell.
Doors: 6.30, starts: 6.45
Tickets are £3.00 or free when ordering a copy of the book. THE SINGULARITY will also be available to purchase on the night and Balsam will be signing copies after the talk. If you would like a signed copy but cannot make the event, please contact us on 0161 274 3331 or manchester@blackwell.co.uk and we can arrange this for you.
About the book:
In an unnamed coastal city home to many refugees, a mother of a displaced family searches for her child, calling her name as she wanders along the cliffside road where her daughter used to work. She searches and searches until, devoid of hope and frantic with grief, she throws herself into the sea, leaving her other children behind. Bearing witness to this suicide is another woman – on a business trip from a distant country, with a swollen belly that later gives birth to a stillborn baby. In the wake of her pain, the second woman remembers her own litany of losses – of a language, a country, an identity – when once her family fled a distant war. Weaving between both narratives and written in looping prose rich with meaning, The Singularity is an astounding study of grief, migration and motherhood from one of Sweden’s most exciting new writers.
About the author:
Balsam Karam (b. 1983) is of Kurdish ancestry and has lived in Sweden since she was a young child. She is an author, librarian and university lecturer, and made her literary debut in 2018 with the critically acclaimed Event Horizon, which was shortlisted for the Katapult Prize. The Singularity was shortlisted for the August Prize and is her first English-language publication.
Price: From £3.00 (plus booking fee)
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146 Oxford Road
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