Join us for a lively Zoom conversation on Sentimental Education by Gustave Flaubert, translated from the French by Robert Baldick (Penguin). Based on Flaubert’s own youthful passion for an older woman, Sentimental Education was described by its author as “the moral history of the men of my generation.” It follows the amorous adventures of Frederic Moreau, a law student who, returning…
Join Javad Djavahery and Katherine Zoepf as they discuss Djavahery’s debut novel, My Part of Her (Restless Books; trans. Emma Ramadan). My Part of Her tells the story of a youthful betrayal during a summer on the Caspian sea that has far-reaching consequences for a group of friends as their lives are irrevocably altered by the Revolution. For information about Djavahery’s…
The Center of Applied Liberal Arts (CALA) at the School of Professional Studies (SPS) and the Department of French Literature, Thought, and Culture present a screening of the film Tomorrow (Demain) hosted by filmmaker and scholar Leonard Cortana. Tomorrow is a French documentary about what individuals around the world are doing to help fight current environmental problems. It is being shown as part of CALA's international…