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Tuesday, March 23rd 7pm
Paolo Giordano
Author of The Solitude of Prime Numbers
In conversation withe editor Pamela Dorman
Paolo Gioradano's debut novel has sold over a million copies around the world and earned him Italy's premier literary prize, the Premio Strega. Now, finally, we've earned our taste of his celebrated book here in the states. The Solitude of Prime Numbers is a book of striking beauty and disturbing content, including anorexia, cutting, loneliness and guilt. It's a coming-of-age story in the most awkward and lovely tradition, and its two protagonists are destined to win hearts here just as easily as they have abroad.
Giordano is a young author - only 27 - and his acclaim is all the more impressive given that he's a physicist by trade. He'll be here in conversation with his editor and now head of her own eponymous imprint, Pamela Dorman.
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Ongoing Events |
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•THE SPANISH LANGUAGE DISCUSSION GROUP• Led by Javier Molea, this group meets Saturdays at noon in the Spanish literature section downstairs. It's open to all who wish to practice their Spanish while discussing literature.
•OUR FICTION BOOK CLUB• Led by Sarah McNally and Chris Jackson, this discussion group meets the first Monday of every month, at 7pm downstairs. They'll be discussing A Death in the Family by James Agee on April 3rd.
•OUR ART & BEAUTY BOOK CLUB• Led by Adjua Greaves, this discussion group meets the second Wednesday of every month, at 7pm downstairs. On April 14th the book club will be discussing The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure and Human Evolution by Denis Dutton.
•OUR GRAPHIC NOVEL BOOK CLUB• Led by Angela Williams and Evan Narcisse, this discussion group meets the first Thursday of every month, at 7pm downstairs. At our next meeting on April 6th, the book club will be discussing The Fixer by Joe Sacco.
•KIDS STORYTIME• Resident storyteller Yvonne Brooks leads a storytime with with arts and crafts for kids ages 3 - 7, every Saturday at noon in the children’s section. Baby Storytime with storyteller Stewart Dawes takes place on Friday at 4:00 PM for ages 0 - 2.
NOTE All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise indicated. For more information about store events, email events coordinator Dustin Kurtz. |
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| The Life and Work of Roberto Bolaño |
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Thursday, May 21 2009, 7:00pm - 8:00pm |
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Carmen Boullosa, author of La virgen y el violin (Editorial Siruel)
Javier Calvo, author of Wonderful World (Harper Collins)
Jonathan Lethem, author of Motherless Brooklyn (Vintage) and Fortress of Solitude (Doubleday)
Moderated by Eduardo Kaplan
   The McNally Jackson Forum Series brings together New York City's creators and thinkers to discuss issues of cultural significance. Chilean novelist and poet Roberto Bolaño has had a posthumous explosion in popularity int he United States with such msterful novels as The Savage Detectives and 2666, and his work raises questions about where life ends and fiction begins. Discussing Bolaño's life and work are Carmen Boullosa (La virgen y el violin), a Mexican novelist, poet and playwright who knew Bolaño until his death; Spanish novelist Javier Calvo (Wonderful World), who know Bolaño late in the author's career; and novelist and essayist Jonathan Lethem (The Fortress of Solitude), who has written extensively about Bolaño's work. The panel is moderated by Latin American scholar and translator Eduardo Kaplan.
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