In the Library with Ken Bugul— CHANEL and Literature
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On the occasion of the 2022/23 Métiers d’art CHANEL – DAKAR show that was held on December 6th 2022 at Dakar’s former Palais de Justice in Senegal, writer Ken Bugul opens up about her relationship to reading. She evokes how literature contributed to the construction of her identity, especially through the first book she read, “La mare au diable” by George Sand. The writer also reflects on how she identifies with Dostoïevski’s and Tolstoï’s characters to the point that she considers books as part of her family.

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00:00 On Ken Bugul’s childhood
00:40 On “The Devil’s Pool” by George Sand
04:14 On Russian literature
06:16 On Victor Hugo
09:59 Ken Bugul’s relationship with reading
12:40 On poetry
15:12 On Albert Camus
17:12 Three books to take to a desert island
19:38 On “The Prophet” by Gibran Khalil Gibran
21:12 On her novel “De l’autre côté du regard”
22:02 Two unfinished classics
22:52 On J.R.R.Tolkien’s characters
23:56 Her relationship to the book as an object
28:21 A contemporary author to discover
29:56 On her library

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