Goethe Book Club
Alina Bronsky’s Broken Glass Park (Scherbenpark)
Read and discuss works by contemporary German authors in this series hosted by the Goethe-Institut. All books can be read in recent English translation or in the German original; discussion will be in English. Led by local German professor Amanda Sheffer (The Catholic University of America), this book club focuses on contemporary fiction and will explore experiences and thoughts about the text.
Alina Bronsky (b. 1978) writes under a pseudonym. She lives in Frankfurt but was born in Russia. Broken Glass Park, her debut novel, was nominated for the noted literary Bachmann Prize.
In cooperation with the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at The Catholic University of America.
Details
Goethe-Institut Washington
1377 R St. NW, 3rd Floor
Washington, DC 20009
Language: English
Price: No charge
+1 (202) 847-4700
info@washington.goethe.org
Part of series Goethe Book Club