Camões Institute, Portuguese Embassy & Portuguese Department UU
PORTUGUESE BOOK CLUB
We have created a Portuguese Book club to give readers in the Netherlands a possibility to get acquainted with some of the best authors in the Portuguese language in a relaxed environment, discussing the books and the subjects they address, exchanging points of view while further learning about literature in Portuguese and lusophone cultures.
We will address books from Portuguese, Brazilian, Angolan and Mozambican writers.
The contact language will be either English or Dutch, depending on the participants.
Film screenings will also take place, when considered relevant:
On the first meeting, the documentary “Ensaio sobre o teatro” (Rui Simões, 2006) will be shown, to accompany the debate on José Saramago and “Blindness”.
On the second meeting, the film “The Mystery of Sintra” (Jorge Paixão da Costa, 2007) will be shown, to accompany the debate on Eça de Queirós and “The Mandarin”.
For further information, please contact Vera Peixoto (V.Paixoto@uu.nl) or Paulo de Medeiros (P.R.deMedeiros@uu.nl) or go to the site: http://portuguesetaalencultuurutrecht.blogspot.com/
Five books | Five months
From December 2010 to April 2011 | One meeting a month, on Thursdays, from 19.00 until 21.00 at Drift 23, room 113 (Utrecht University)
Author | Title (POR/NL) | Bol.com € | Amazon.com $ | Bookdepository. com € | ||||
José Saramago (1st meeting/2 December) | Ensaio sobre a cegueira | Blindness | 12,00 | NL | 11,00 10,00 | ENG SPA | 9,00 13,00 | ENG SPA |
Eça de Queirós (2nd meeting/6 January) | O mandarim | Het mandarijn | 6,00 | NL | 7,00 8,00 9,00 | POR ENG SPA | 4,00 9,00 6,00 | POR ENG SPA |
Clarice Lispector (3rd meeting/10 February) | A hora da estrela | Her uur van de ster | 6,00* 10,00 | NL ENG | 15,00 10,00 22,00 | POR ENG SPA | 6,00 16,00 | ENG SPA |
José E Agualusa (4th meeting/3 March) | As mulheres do meu pai | De vrouwen van mijn vater | 20,00 | NL | 8,00 | ENG | 10,00 | ENG |
Mia Couto (5th meeting/7 April) | Terra sonâmbula | Slaapwandelend land | 6,00* | NL | 10,00 | ENG | | |
* Few books/ 2nd hand