Join us in our Asian Book Club, organized together with the girls of
El Fil Conductor, where we will read and talk about all kinds of books about Asia.
Come and talk about topics such as the historical-social changes of class/gender/sex, the figure of the woman and her position and literary representation, the generational dynamics or the new boom of Eastern Self-Help literature produced in recent years in different countries by the Asian continent. We will be looking at South Korea (with books as “
Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop” by Hwang Bo Reum and “
Pachinko” by Min Jin Lee), Japan (with "
The full moon coffee shop" de
Mai Mochizuki and "Sweet Bean Paste" by Durian Sukegawa) and Taiwan (with"
Notes Of A Crocodile" by Qiu Miao Jin) for example.
Language: Catalan-English
March's Book: "The Full Moon Coffee Shop" de
Mai Mochizuki
Date: Thursday 5th March
April's Book: "
Pachinko" by Min Jin Lee
Date: Thursday 2nd April*
Time: 18:30 - 20:00h
Location: Come In Bookstore, C/ Balmes 129 Bis
To book a place:
here.
*check our Instagram profile (@comeinbookshop) to be updated.
**The bookshop reserves the right to postpone the event due to circumstances beyond its control (e.g. bad weather, the facilitator's illness or if there are not enough people signed up).**
