Arianna Dagnino hopes to turn novel into a movie
Writer Arianna Dagnino’s new novel The Afrikaner follows the story of woman trying to rebuild her life after a tragedy.We got the UBC lecturer and translator to take some time to answer a few questions.A: Broadly speaking, transcultural novels capture the interplay between cultures and, like their authors, are rooted in a complex mix of linguistic and cultural declinations. They tend to undermine habitual classifications of literary texts in terms of national, regional or ethnic literatures.
Q: As someone who speaks a handful of languages what language do you write in and do the others ever get in the way? Q: While Zoe is at the centre of the story it really seems like the landscape is also a character. Do you see that as true?
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