Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Happy Holiday Season!


 

Over the year 2022

 The Calendar of The Readings from the Heart of Europe (2022)

 

January 30: The Man Who Spoke Snakish, written by Andrus Kivirähk. (translated into English by Christopher Moseley), Grove Press, Black Cat, 2015. With special guest Professor Guntis Šmidchens, director of UW's Baltic Studies Program. 

 

February 27: Soviet Milk, written by Nora Ikstena, translated from the Latvian by Margita Gailitis, Peirene Press, 2019.

 

March 27The Orphanage, written by Serhii Zhadan, translated by Reilly Costigan‑Humes and Isaac Stackhouse Wheeler. New Haven: Yale University Press.

 

April 24The Same Night Awaits Us All, written by Hristo Karastoianov, translated from the Bulgarian by  Izidora Angel, Open Letter Books, 2018, with the participation of the author..

 

May 22: Where You Come From, written by Sasa Stanisic, translated by Damion Searls, Tin House, 2021  (postponed) 

 

October 30: The Books of Jacob, written by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Jennifer Croft. Riverhead Books, 2022.

 

November 27: FEM, written by Magda Carneci, translated by Sean Cotter, DEEP VELLUM, 2021.


December 18: Bessarabian Stamps: Stories, written by Oleg Woolf, translated from the Russian by Boris Dralyuk, Phoneme Media, 2015.

 

 










Friday, April 8, 2022

SUNDAY, APRIL 24: The Same Night Awaits Us All by Hristo Karastoyanov

 

Friends of The Readings,

Please join us for a Zoom discussion on Hristo Karastoyanov' s ' novel “The Same Night Awaits Us All” Looking forward to seeing you on Sunday, April 24, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. 

Register here: Zoom Link for Registration

The Same Night Awaits Us All by Hristo Karastoyanov
Graphics below designed by Otilia Baraboi














Monday, March 21, 2022

March 27: The Orphanage by Serhiy Zhadan

 

Friends of The Readings,

Please join us for a Zoom discussion on Serhiy Zhadan' novel “The Orphanage.” Looking forward to seeing you on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at 5 p.m. 

Register here: Zoom Link for Registration


Design by Otilia Baraboi

February 27: Soviet Milk by Nora Ikstena

 

Friends of The Readings,

Please join us for a Zoom discussion on Nora Ikstena’s novel “Soviet Milk.” Looking forward to seeing you on Sunday, February 27, 2022, at 5 p.m. Here is the link for our meeting:

February 27 Zoom Meeting Link


Design by Otilia Baraboi


Wednesday, January 5, 2022

The Man Who Spoke Snakish by Andrus Kivirähk - January 30 with a special guest Professor Guntis Šmidchens



Prof Guntis Šmidchens (director of UW's Baltic Studies Program) will be joining us as expert guest discussant for our January  meeting 
featuring Estonian author Andrus Kivirähk's The Man Who Spoke Snakish.


JANUARY 30, 5 PM

Photo credit: Michael Biggins