Join us in April to discuss John Keene’s bewitching and beloved collection of stories and novellas that “open swaths of history for readers to more than imagine but to manifest and live in the passionate language of conjure and ritual” (Major Jackson).
In May, we will read the inimitable Mathias Énard’s breathtaking novel of war and its devastations, The Deserters, stunningly translated by Charlotte Mandell and recently longlisted for the International Booker Prize.
When: Every first Tuesday of the month, 7pm
Where: McNally Jackson SoHo (downstairs)
134 Prince Street, NYC
RSVP here for Counternarratives on April 7
RSVP here for The Deserters on May 5
April Book Club:
Counternarratives
By John Keene
“Genius—brilliant, polished and of considerable depth.” —Ishmael Reed
“The ambition, erudition, and epic sweep of John Keene’s remarkable new collection of stories place it in a class of its own.”
—Times Literary Supplement
May Book Club:
The Deserters
By Mathias Énard
Translated by Charlotte Mandell
★ “An unflinching depiction of civilization’s decline and its dystopic aftermath… It’s a masterpiece.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Transposing prose into the empyrean of pure sound, Énard is the composer of a discomposing age.”
—Joshua Cohen
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