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We are thrilled to welcome author Susanne Cordes to the shop for a talk about sisters in literature.
When Danish novelist Susanne Cordes set out to write her latest novel based on her experience with losing her only brother to addiction, she realized that not many works of literature had been written from the perspective of a sister to a brother.
From Shakespeare’s Hamlet over The Brothers Karamazov and Steinbeck’s East Of Eden, literary history seems ripe with male sibling relationships. Sisterhood has been beautifully described in novels such as Little Women. However, when looking for inspiration in the works of other writers Susanne Cordes found only a handful of women writers exploring either their relationships to their brothers or the significance of losing a male sibling.
In this talk, Susanne Cordes will discuss Jamaica Kincaid’s My Brother (novel), Jenny Offill’s Weather (novel), Natalie Diaz’ My Brother Was an Aztec (poem) and Ann Carson’s Nox (hybrid work); four works different in genre and perspective but each presenting a singular clarity and strength in their depiction of one of the most intimate relationships we have.
Together with the audience, Susanne Cordes will map the themes of love, compassion, anger, jealousy and caregiving these books present while circling the central question of what it means to be a sister to a (sometimes difficult) brother.
About Susanne Cordes
Susanne Cordes is a Danish author, who has written several memoir-based novels on family dynamics. She holds an MA in Comparative Literature from The University of Copenhagen, and also works as a culture writer. She has lived in the US, France and Denmark and is currently based north of Copenhagen with her family and dog.
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