25 Aug World Readers Collective Book Club

Third Thursday of the Month on Zoom @ 1 pm

The world is your bookshelf.  We meet monthly to read and discuss a variety of excellent, sometimes obscure, fiction in English translation from around the world. 

Free; Registration requested. Zoom link/password provided at registration.

October 15 – Blue Jewellery (tr. from German) by Katharina Winkler

November 19 – Woman at 1,000 Degrees (tr. from Icelandic) by Hallgrimur Helgason

December 17 – CANCELLED

January 21, 2021 – The Discomfort of Evening (tr. from Dutch) by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld – Winner: International Booker Prize 2020

February 18 – House on Endless Waters (tr. from Hebrew) by Emuna Elon

March 18 – Tender is the Flesh (tr. from Spanish) by Agustina Bazterrica

April 15 – Breasts and Eggs (tr. from Japanese) by Mieko Kawakami

May 20 – Serenade for Nadia (tr. from Turkish) by Zulfu Livaneli

Participants are responsible for acquiring their own reading copies. Most of the books are available in print and digital formats from Delray Beach Public Library, Overdrive, or Cloud Library.

Free; Registration encouraged but not required.