John Banville and Pierre Lemaitre. Moderator: Anna Guitart

Two of the today’s most famous writers meet, for the first time, to talk about literature and politics in these difficult times and about the peculiarity of writing in two genres: Can books change the world? In what way does literature show reality? How is it possible to write in two genres? Why is it interesting to do so? What is the social role of “crime”? Why is the crime novel so popular in the West?