Per Olov Enquist: I was looking on myself as a character

04. 19. 2011. 17:42

Per Olov Enquist: I was looking on myself as a character

A video interview with Per Olov Enquist

We talked to Per Olov Enquist, the guest of honour of the 2011 Budapest International Book Festival about reticence and honesty and about the challenges of autobiographical writing. - Video.

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Dóra Szekeres

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"Curiosity in my view is a moral virtue, a curious person is a better person than those who are not curious." – Dóra Szekeres talked to Amos Oz, the Guest of Honour of this year's Budapest Book Festival.

REVIEW

A formal exercise

How can one, in spite of all the doubts and technical obstacles, tell the story of someone growing up in Budapest and its surroundings during the 60s and the 70s? How can one create a classically structured story with the help of modern and even postmodern techniques?