Join the Albertine Book Club for a lively Zoom conversation on Our Riches by Kaouther Adimi, translated from the French by Chris Andrews (New Directions). The discussion will be moderated by Albertine Bookseller Adam Hocker. Our Riches celebrates quixotic devotion and the love of books in the person of Edmond Charlot, who at the age of twenty founded Les Vraies Richesses…
L'arte di leggere nell'Europa moderna Una meravigliosa solitudine L'arte di leggere nell'Europa moderna (Einaudi, 2019) by Lina Bolzoni The author in conversation with Eugenio Refini (NYU) and Alessandro Giammei (Bryn Mawr College) We live in a world where methods of communication and of thought change faster than they ever did before. What does this mean for literature? Looking at the risks and…
Children’s book author Natalie Tual will read and sing her whimsical springtime story, Bulle et Bob au jardin. There’s lots to discover when Bulle and Bob garden together…an earthworm: yikes! Oh, a ladybug! Let’s play a game with the vegetables! After hearing this tale, you will never garden again without singing the radish salsa! From Albertine