The Canadian Club of Belgium &
The American Club of Brussels
welcome you to our Reading Group
on the second Wednesday of the month
from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
(CCB and ACB members only)
We are asking you to present us a book of your choice (American or Canadian authors preferred) that you have read and that you have really enjoyed. This gives all members who are passionate about reading a chance to read and discuss different genres of literature.
If you have not read the book, if do not have a book you wish to present, or if you are able to come just at the last minute, please join us anyway.
Reading Group Contact: Geneviève Bergiers
Tel. 02/660.57.65 – genevieve@chiropractorbergiers.be
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May 13 – presented by Geneviève Bergiers
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
by Anita Loos (USA)
This short American novel is based on an economic situation, the unparalleled prosperity of the Twenties. It has been memorialized in 1953 by a Hollywood film starring Marilyn Monroe. Hiding behind a cleverly composed guise of naïveté, this not-so-dumb blonde shamelessly arranges and rearranges the pawns of high society until, in the end, everything "works out for the best"!
A pretty light "classic", just re-published, and a nice break from the very "serious" themes we have recently approached.
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Venue: Le Grand Café, Boulevard Anspach 78, 1000 Brussels, next to "La Bourse" (tel. 02/513.02.03, WiFi available).
June 10 – presented by Kim Masiero (through Skype)
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The Imperfectionists
by Tom Rachman (UK/Canada)
Set against the gorgeous backdrop of Rome, Tom Rachman's wry, vibrant debut follows the topsy-turvy private lives of the reporters, editors, and executives of an international English language newspaper as they struggle to keep it –and themselves– afloat.
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Venue: Geneviève Bergiers D.C., Av. des Nénuphars 11, 1160 Brussels (Auderghem) (tel. 02/660.57.65).
July 8 – presented by Laura Richard
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The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood (Canada)
Margaret Atwood's popular dystopian novel explores a broad range of issues relating to power, gender and religious politics. It is set in the aftermath of a world plagued by terrorist attacks, where the survivors chose to pay for security with their freedoms. The Handmaid's Tale is a classic in speculative fiction, one of the most powerful and widely read novels of our time.
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Venue: to be confirmed
August 12 & September 9 are still available for your best suggestions!
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