MiévilleCon 3. Interview: China Miéville, commitment to imagination
It had to be done. Thanks to the efforts of Cristina Jurado and the 42 Festival, MiévilleCon at the 5th edition of the festival will conclude with an exceptional, exclusive interview with the multi-award-winning British author. In recorded virtual format, given his reluctance to travel, China Miéville will participate as one of the key voices of the ‘new weird’ subgenre, a term he himself coined in the foreword to his first short story collection. Elements of different genres, sources and traditions coexist in his literature, in which he champions the power of fantasy as a way of interacting with the world. In this conversation with the writer and expert in his work Cristina Jurado, Miéville will answer questions on the translation of his books into Catalan, the narrative influence of authors and books in Spanish, his perspective on writing, the challenges he has faced throughout his career and his new projects.
*Recorded conversation.
