Steve Sem-Sandberg and Sjón (2016 Event)

Meet two of Europe's most talented novelists. Swedish writer
Steve Sem-Sandberg’s The Chosen Ones follows his towering novel
The Emperor of Lies in describing brutality and tenderness in the
Nazi era – this time in a home for sick children in Vienna.
Icelandic novelist Sjón’s highly anticipated Moonstone: The Boy
Who Never Was is a moving depiction of a young gay man’s
experience in 1918 Iceland. They talk to Rosie Goldsmith in this
event recorded live at the 2016 Edinburgh International Book
Festival.