Spanish Book Club
Reading calendar and meeting dates: Spanish Reading Club – cycle 2015-2016
SPANISH READING CLUB 2015-2016 CYCLE: “Contemporary North American Narrative” September 24: Submundo, by Don DeLillo (1997), 904 pp. October 29: Breathing Exercises, by Anne Tyler (1988), 400 pp. November 26: Wedding plot, by Jeffrey Eugenides (2011), 536 pp. December 17: Toni Morrison's Beloved (1987), 368 pp. January 28:
SPANISH READING CLUB: ELEVEN YEARS AND MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED SHARED READINGS
With the first session of 2015, the Institute's Library Reading Club turned eleven years old and surpassed a decade of existence. In all this time, it has been held without interruption during the months of September to June and always on the last Thursday of each month, to share opinions and debate
Spanish Book Club Reading of the Month
Participate by reading the recommended book and attending the colloquium that is usually held on the last Thursday of each month. Session led by Jacqueline Cruz, Ph.D. Cycle 2014-2015: "Interwar American Literature" Free admission and prior registration from the Institute's website Agenda. Book of the month: “Manhattan Transfer” by John Dos Passos. “Published
Spanish Book Club Reading of the Month
Participate by reading the recommended book and attending the colloquium that is usually held on the last Thursday of each month. Session led by Jacqueline Cruz, Ph.D. Cycle 2014-2015: “Interwar American Literature”. Free and free admission with prior registration from the Agenda on the Institute's website. Book of the month: “My Antonia” by Cather Willa. "A novel
Spanish Book Club Reading of the Month: “Suave es la noche”
Participate by reading the recommended book and attending the colloquium that is usually held on the last Thursday of each month. Session led by Jacqueline Cruz, Ph.D. Cycle 2014-2015: "Interwar American Literature" Free admission and prior registration from the Institute's website Agenda. Book of the Month: "Tender Is the Night" by Francis Scott
A new cycle of the Spanish Reading Club begins
Interwar American Literature. The interwar period (1918-1939) is one of the most turbulent periods in the history of the Western world, due to the rise of fascism and communism, the Wall Street crash that led to the Great Depression, and the civil war Spanish, which had important international resonances. But it is
Eighth reading of the 2013-2014 cycle of the Library's Literary Circle
Participate by reading the recommended book and attending the colloquium that is usually held on the last Thursday of each month. Session led by Jacqueline Cruz, Ph.D. Cycle “Representations of American society in foreign literatures” Free and free admission with prior registration at library@iie.es Book of the month: “Hot Sur” by Laura Restrepo “María Paz is a
Seventh reading of the 2013-2014 cycle of the Library's Literary Circle
Participate by reading the recommended book and attending the colloquium that is usually held on the last Thursday of each month. Session led by Jacqueline Cruz, Ph.D. Cycle “Representations of American society in foreign literatures” Free admission and prior registration at library@iie.es Book of the month: “He who sows blood” by Arne Dahl “It has passed
Fourth reading of the 2013-2014 cycle of the Library's Literary Circle
Participate by reading the recommended book and attending the colloquium that is usually held on the last Thursday of each month. Session led by Jacqueline Cruz, Ph.D. Cycle “Representations of American society in foreign literatures” Free and free admission with prior registration at library@iie.es Book of the month: “Shadows on the Hudson” by Isaac B. Singer “In
Second reading of the 2013-2014 cycle of the Library's Literary Circle
Participate by reading the recommended book and attending the colloquium that is usually held on the last Thursday of each month. Session led by Jacqueline Cruz, Ph.D. Cycle “Representations of American society in foreign literatures” Free and free admission with prior registration at library@iie.es Book of the month: “Irse de casa” by Carmen Martín Gaite “La piedad