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September Book Club: IAS Library

September Event - IAS International Book Club: "Too Loud a Solitude" by Bohumil Hrabal

Event Type
Meeting
Sponsor
International and Area Studies Library
Location
106 Main Library (1408 W. Gregory Dr., Urbana, IL 61801)
Date
Sep 29, 2021   4:00 - 5:00 pm  
Cost
Free and open to the public.
Registration
Registration
Contact
Caryn Corliss
E-Mail
carynmc2@illinois.edu
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Russian, E. European & Eurasian Center: Co-sponsored Events

Join the International and Area Studies Library for a monthly discussion of international novels and short stories selected by area specialist librarians.

 

For the month of September the club will be discussing "Too Loud a Solitude" by Czech novelist Bohumil Hrabal.

 

Explore Eastern Europe through a novel that “celebrates the power and the indestructibility of the written word.”  Written during a time when Czechoslovak authorities were trying to purge library collections of books and authors that did not fit their ideological orthodoxy, this novel was self-published in 1976 due to political censorship, and officially published in 1989.

 

Discussion will be lead by Central European Studies Librarian Prof. Marek Sroka.

 

Register at

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