With "Hana" by Alena Mornštajnová
We are looking forward to seeing you at the next EUNIC Book Club reading the Czech bestseller
"Hana" by
Alena Mornštajnová
Please join us for an interesting and inspiring evening!
Please note, we had to
change the date to Sept 22 at 6PM. This was done to accommodate readers, who will be celebrating Yom Kippur on Sept. 15 and would not be able to join us.
Don’t miss a chance to discuss this powerful bestseller by today’s most popular Czech novelist Alena Mornštajnová. The discussion will be led by Czech School Ottawa Teacher
Ms. Jaroslava Baconová and the
colleagues from the Embassy of the Czech Republic.
Please complete the registration form to give us approximate numbers of attendees.
Registration
You can also
use the form to request a pdf copy of the book and to
share questions for the author.
To j
oin the meeting on September 22, use the link below.
Video Call Link
About the book:
It’s 1954 and nine-year-old Mira’s life is about to change forever. After a typhoid outbreak rages through her town, robbing her of her parents and siblings, the orphaned child is forced to live with her mysterious, depressive Aunt Hana, a figure both frightening and fragile. Gradually, Mira uncovers the secrets of their troubled family history and begins to understand why her aunt is so incapable of trusting herself and the world around her.
Deftly weaving two separate timelines, the harrowing reasons behind Hana’s reclusive way of life, the guilt she wears as palpably as a cloak, and the tattoo on her wrist, are revealed to Mira.
Alena Mornštajnová’s gripping novel, which is based on real events, has won numerous awards and been translated into over a dozen languages across the world.
"A shattering book." - Niall Griffiths, Planet
The European Book Club meets every month and is organized by the Ottawa cluster of European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC) and Ottawa Public Library. Meetings are free, discussions are held in English. Given Covid-19 restrictions, for the time being, meetings are held online.
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