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12p Sat. : discussion of 1 Murakami + 2 Borges short stories @ Gracious Bakery

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12p Sat. : discussion of 1 Murakami + 2 Borges short stories @ Gracious Bakery

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Join us Saturday, October 29th, noon to 1:45p at the Mid-City Gracious Bakery and Cafe' on Norman C. Francis Parkway (they have 2 other locations). We'll be inside, outside, or both.
We'll discuss 1 short story by Haruki Murakami included in his 2017 collection MEN WITHOUT WOMEN and 2 classic stories of Jorge Luis Borges' (translations vary).
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All 3 texts are free online (or use Guy's 2 scans of all 3 below)
Murakami's "Samsa in Love":
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/10/28/samsa-in-love
Borges' "The Death and the Compass":
https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3433&context=nmq
Borges' "The Garden of Forking Paths"
http://www.mycours.es/gamedesign2012/files/2012/08/The-Garden-of-Forking-Paths-Jorge-Luis-Borges-1941.pdf
OR
use my own PDF scan of the 3 stories (29 sheets if you printout):
1 by Murakami at
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W-uO18dKEpUorKwIZR19ueRM9fXDco-A/view?usp=sharing
2 by Borges at
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wRqRQqo0FBj2YCkfykQ5O0MtFU5P4Eju/view?usp=sharing
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If you are coming, you must RSVP. No drop-ins. No guests. Do change your RSVP to NO if you end up not coming. For all attendees, it is required that you have read the material.
For more info, contact Guy Henoumont anytime at 504-460-9049 or at guyheno@gmail.com

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1000 S Norman C Francis Parkway #100 · New Orleans, LA