Panel Event - Secrets & Lies: The Hidden Lives of Families

What are the secrets that lurk behind the closed doors of a family’s history, unknown or unexplored even to the family itself? And how far must one run to escape them?

Carol Bensimon’s Diorama (tr. Zoë Perry and Julia Sanches), Rodrigo Hasbún’s The Invisible Years (tr. Lily Meyer), and Bsrat Mezghebe’s I Hope You Find What You’re Looking For all examine attempts to flee buried pasts—whether in Brazil, Bolivia, or Eritrea—and come to terms with their repercussions in a foreign land.

Moderated by writer and critic Anderson Tepper.