IIE News
The latest news from the International Institute and information about our activities
The 5 of the week of Maria (New York University student)
Tuesday / "A Farewell to Arms" by Ernest Hemingway Considered by many critics to be one of the most emblematic novels of the twentieth century, A Farewell to Arms marks the pinnacle of the literary work of perhaps the most important American writer: the winner of the Pulitzer of 1953 and the Nobel Prize to the year
The 5 of the week by José María Estrada (“Friend of the Library”)
Friday / “Hidden Spain” by Cristina García Rodero Considered one of the most outstanding and creatively transcendent photographers in Spain, it was at the university level that she began in the field of photography. Without ever leaving the classroom, she will dedicate herself ever since to investigating popular celebrations with her camera,
Goodbye to our star...
Estrella Fernández ends her scholarship today at the International Institute library to join a new professional project. Good luck and thank you very much for your dedication!
Schedule Changes: Upcoming Holidays
We remind users that tomorrow, Saturday, December 6, and Monday, December 8, are holidays, so the library will be closed on both days. We return Tuesday 9th at the usual schedule.
The 5 of the week by José María Estrada (“Friend of the Library”)
Thursday / “The Two Faces of January” by Patricia Highsmith The book revolves around American characters, but is set in Athens, Crete, and Paris. It involves a swindler, Chester MacFarland, who accidentally kills a Greek policeman who is investigating him. MacFarland's wife, Collette, and an American student, Rydal Keener, become involved in covering up the
Page recommended by Justin Byrne (NYU professor): ALBA
http://www.alba-valb.org The Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA) is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to promoting public awareness, research, and discussion about the Spanish Civil War and the American volunteers who risked their lives to fight fascism in Spain. Using its continually expanding archival collections in exhibitions, publications, performances, and educational programs, ALBA preserves the legacy
The Library recommends: Red File
http://pares.mcu.es/ArchivoRojo/inicio.do Este valioso conjunto fotográfico, fue creado por la Junta de Defensa de Madrid como Fondo propagandístico para denunciar los desastres de la Guerra Civil. Posteriormente, fue ocultado y utilizado por el otro bando como instrumento de represión de las ideas políticas. Hoy, sus imágenes, nos acercan más a los actos encaminados para el
The 5 of the week by José María Estrada (“Friend of the Library”)
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,
Page recommended by Justin Byrne (NYU professor): Words Without Borders
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
The 5 of the week by José María Estrada (“Friend of the Library”)
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
