Simon Tedeschi in conversation with Sheila Ngoc Pham

Date: 23rd May 2024 Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm Location:

Waverley Library

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Join us for an engaging talk by local writer Simon Tedeschi, author of the book Fugitive, in conversation with writer Sheila Ngoc Pham. In 1917, a young composer writes a suite of twenty pieces for piano, they are short, violent and strange, the music of another world. In 1938, a young Jewish family flees Italy for Sydney, Australia. In 1942, another family, this time Polish Jews, are nearly destroyed. Half a century later, a young man begins to understand the role these strange visions have played in everything that came before him and all that has come to be. In his book, Tedeschi straddles the borders of poetry and prose, fiction and fact, trauma and testimony, filled with what Russian poet Konstantin Balmont called "the fickle play of rainbows.”

Don't miss this opportunity to hear from the author and engage in a meaningful discussion about the themes of his book.