FROM MONDAY 18 ON SUNDAY 24/5
F. BANCAJA. Pl. Tetouan, 23
COL. ARCHITECTS. Hernan Cortes, 6
Murder on the Orient Express, Ten Negritos y Witness for charge These are three good examples of Agatha Christie classics that have been covered a thousand times to the delight of the entire world.. The writer who elevated homicide to literary excellence, the great lady of noir, died fifty years ago; hence the Valencia International Black Novel Festival gives it a wink in its fourteenth edition. The festival Black Valencia It is presented compacted in a single week because these are not good times for cultural budgets, but it will bring, among others, a Juan Gómez-Jurado, a Yrsa Sigurdardóttir and one of the outstanding disciples of the classical mystery and the whodunit (variety of complex plot within the detective novel) from Christie's: Antonio Manzini, Francisco González Ledesma Award 2026. The Italian is also known for his work as a screenwriter and director., but it is, above all, one of the great European references of the noir genre for the literary series starring Inspector Rocco Schiavone.
In addition to the authors already listed, Names of the stature of Lorenzo Silva, Henrik Fexeus, Carlos Zanón y Victor del Tree, among many others. The always successful reading clubs will return, The Film Library will screen The trace of evil in the presence of his director, Manuel Ríos San Martín; Paco Roca y Laura Perez They will star in a session dedicated to comics noir; the podcast will be recorded live Morgue Chronicles; y Benjamin Prado y Javier Menendez Flores They will reflect on the value of the written word in the compositions of Robe Iniesta and Joaquín Sabina, in a session at El Loco Club that will end with a musical performance. All this before the usual closing, the best possible: More than twenty authors will dedicate copies and chat with readers between beers and portions of ham in the open air. AU
