casinoBookClub

Thursday [removed], 18:30 – 20:00

The City & the City
by China Miéville

VENUE: Casino Display, 1, rue de la Loge, L-1945 Luxembourg

 

Two cities, one territory. 

 

Besźel and Ul Qoma share a maze of tangled streets but ignore each other. Crossing borders – or even only looking over to the other city – involves the intervention of a militia.
 

On the Besźel side, the murder of a young archaeology student will set things alight…

 

Presented by Charles Rouleau, Casino Display
 

In English

“There are many possible allegorical ‘border readings’ (like) Apartheid, the Berlin Wall, ‘Fortress Europe’, even the ghetto areas which invite us to be tourists in our own city…” – The Dystopian

 

“Unstated but ever present are the parallels between the divisions separating these two imaginary states and the real-life divisions between Palestine and Israel, or Serbia and Croatia.” – The Seattle Times

 

“China Miéville is perhaps the current generation’s finest writer of science fantasy, that beguiling genre for which JG Ballard and M John Harrison have produced so much of their [removed]#8221; – The Guardian

All the titles featured in the casinoBookClub series are also available for purchase in our bookshop.

Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’art contemporain

41, rue Notre-Dame

L-2240 Luxembourg

 

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