Literature
Book club
Mon 16 December 2013- 6.15pm-7.30pm
@ AF de Manchester
Free of charge
Discover the world of French-speaking literature and share your thoughts on the books in a relaxed environment with like-minded Francophiles.
16 December – L’amant de Marguerite Duras (1984, 147p)
Set against the backdrop of French colonial Vietnam, The Lover reveals the intimacies and intricacies of a clandestine romance between a pubescent girl from a financially strapped French family and an older, wealthy Chinese man. an autobiographical novel which is considered as Marguerite Duras’ masterpiece.
Next book club: 20 January: En attendant Godot, de Samuel Beckett (1949, 127p)
Open to everybody – a good intermediate level of French is recommended.