Wednesday / “This is how Carnaby Street was founded” by Leopoldo María Panero SNOW WHITE SAYS GOODBYE TO THE SEVEN DWARFS I promise to write to you, handkerchiefs that are lost on the horizon, laughter that pales, faces that fall weightlessly onto the damp grass, where the spiders now weave their blue fabrics. In the forest house they creak,
http://www.wordswithoutborders.org/ Words Without Borders (WWB) opens doors to international exchange through translation, publication, and promotion of the world’s best writing. WWB publishes selected prose and poetry on the web and in print anthologies (the next one to focus on the Islamic world), stages special events that connect foreign writers to the general public and
Tuesday / “The bell jar” by Sylvia Plath Sylvia Plath was an excellent poet but is known to many for this largely autobiographical novel which was first published in 1963 under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas. The Bell Jar has become a classic of American literature. “I guess I should have been excited the way most
Come to the “tellebration” with us! Monthly Saturday morning meetings where kids can enjoy selected stories in English, with Amy Eckmeder as storyteller. Participation is free. Register at library@iie.es December storytelling around the book: “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” by Dr. Seuss Saturday, December 20th 2008, 12 am Even though he died in 1991, Theodor
Monday / “Memories of a woman without a piano” by Jeanne Rucar de Buñuel “After the death of Luis Buñuel, Jeanne Rucar decided to publish an autobiography entitled Memories of a woman without a piano, written in collaboration with the journalist Marisol Martín del Campo, edited in Spain in 1991 by Alianza and for which
Participate by reading the selected book and attending the colloquium…and discover why words are better read in a circle! Directed by professor Soledad Fox. Participation is free; register at library@iie.es. Book of the month: “The House of Mirth” by Edith Wharton COLLOQUIUM: Tuesday, December 16th, 19:30 pm Published in 1905, it's a novel that condemns
Participate in the Library's Reading Circle with the reading of the recommended book and with the colloquium on the last Thursday of each month... and discover why the words read better if you put them in a circle. Directed by Soledad Fox. Free admission with prior registration at library@iie.es Book of the month: “Stars and Stripes” by William
“Around the year 2050, Hispanics will constitute a quarter of the US population, which is equivalent to saying that, in the proportion that this data reflects, the country is destined to become a bilingual and bicultural society. This trend is underlined by a recent shift in immigration
Friday / Juana Gil Fernández, Phonetics for Spanish Teachers: from Theory to Practice The fundamental purpose of this work is to provide the teacher of Spanish as a foreign language with the necessary theoretical knowledge about the phonetics of Spanish and the methodological resources available to face the task of teaching
Today Thursday at 19:30 p.m. The colloquium on the book of the month of the Library Reading Circle will take place in the library under the direction of Professor Soledad Fox. We encourage you to participate in the reading of the recommended book and the colloquium on the last Thursday of each month, it is