Slavi Tomov presents two essays on Herman Melville's "Bartleby, the Scrivener" by Gilles Deleuze and Giorgio Agamben. The event will take place on January 30th at 6:00 PM at the House of the Writer. Admission is free.

Melville's text, like a mountain peak, is the object of many interpretations. How do philosophers clash with it?

The book presents the giant provocateurs Gilles Deleuze and Giorgio Agamben against Bartleby.

One places Melville and his character in the context of American literature and pragmatism. The other includes Bartleby in philosophical constellations, rethinking writing and creation.

One speaks of madness and language, of the new possible world. The other emphasizes the potential to think.

The book brings together two multifaceted inspiring interpretations of "I would prefer not to" and is intended for inquisitive readers.