Event overview
The Goldsmiths Writers' Centre presents Luiza Sauma talking about her debut novel ‘Flesh and Bone and Water’ Chaired by Ardashir Vakil
Brazilian-born doctor André Cabral is living in London when one day he receives a letter from the country he left nearly thirty years ago. It prompts him to remember the days of his youth – torrid afternoons on Ipanema beach with his listless teenage friends, parties in elegant Rio apartments – and, above all, his secret infatuation with the daughter of his family’s maid, the intoxicating Luana. Unable to resist the pull of the letter, André embarks on a journey back to Brazil to rediscover his past and a terrible secret.
‘Dazzling… Luiza Sauma’s debut is that rare thing: a completely absorbing, brilliantly-designed, literary work. The reveal, when it comes, is astonishing—sensuous, shocking, and completely earned’ Anita Shreve
‘Her writing is beautiful. I am sure I’ll see her name on the spine of many a novel to come’
Rachel Seiffert
‘An arresting debut about memory and trauma… It resembles Julian Barnes’s The Sense of an Ending.’ Daily Telegraph
Luiza Sauma was born in Rio de Janeiro and raised in London. After studying English at the University of Leeds, she worked at the Independent on Sunday’s arts desk for several years. She has an MA in Creative & Life Writing from Goldsmiths, where she was awarded the Pat Kavanagh Award in 2014. She has also been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize. She lives in London. 'Flesh and Bone and Water' is her first novel.
Dates & times
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| 1 Mar 2017 | 5:00pm - 6:00pm |
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