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Literature Talk: Own Forms. A Diary of a Body At War

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Literature Talk: Own Forms. A Diary of a Body At War

Lectures & Talks
Thu, Sep 22, 2022
Time: 19 h
Price: free
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Miguel de Cervantes Library

208 Anfu Lu,
near Wulumuqi Zhong Lu
Xuhui District

安福路208号,
近乌露木齐中路

5 minutes from Changshu Rd
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With the collaboration of the Consulate of Argentina in Shanghai, Miguel de Cervantes Library organizes an interview with Matías Fernández Burzaco, author of Own Forms. Diary of a Body at War. The twenty-two-year-old author, journalist, and rapper suffers from a disease that generates excess skin, called juvenile hyaline fibromatosis. There are only sixty-five cases worldwide, and two of them are in Argentina: one is Matías. With his body invaded by nodules, he cannot walk or dress, and he wears a respirator to sleep. In his book, full of sarcasm and humor, he describes an existence between a bed and a wheelchair, which does not prevent him from leading a social life. He clarifies free of all self-pity: «I'm weird, I'm deformed, and I'm going to tell everything.» While the author will be connected from Buenos Aires, the artist Liu Yi, and the editor Lucila Carzoglio will be in the library.

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Literature Talk: Own Forms. A Diary of a Body At War

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