The Banquet by Stav Poleg: Carcanet Online Book Launch

This Carcanet event launches the new collection The Banquet by Stav Poleg. Featuring readings and discussion and hosted by Leo Boix. Audience members will also have the opportunity to ask their own questions and text will be shown during readings so that attendees can read along.

The Banquet explores the fragile, intricate links between language and longing —how words can reconstruct great cities out of memories and dreams. Moving between the worlds of philosophy, theatre and poetry—from Dante’s Florence to Wittgenstein’s Cambridge; from Tom Stoppard’s theatre stage to the harsh landscapes of Rimbaud’s poetry—The Banquet explores the ever-growing tensions between words and action, knowledge and ethics.