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Book Club Number 3

Hosted by the Consul of the Strasbourg Art & Culture Group
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Starts in 2 weeks 6 days
Sat 21 Sep 15:00 - 17:00

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For our 3rd encounter, lets read and discuss the book Embers, by Sandor Marai, a classic of modern European literature.
(As there is less time to prepare, and this book has received positive votes at the previous sessions, I thought that we could go straight ahead with this choice.)

Embers by Sándor Márai | Goodreads

This novel was originally published in Protected content , and rediscovered in more recent years. The narrative revolves around an elderly general who invites an old friend from military school for dinner; the friend had disappeared mysteriously for forty-one years, and the dinner begins to resemble a trial where the friend is prosecuted for his character traits. They will exhume the memory of their friendship and that of the General’s beautiful, long-dead wife.

Again, we will meet at hôtel Rohan, and if we are lucky with the weather we can enjoy a nice drink on the terrace (they make a very nice cafe frappe ;))