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Want to discuss literature with others but don't have time to commit to longer books? In this book club, we focus on short stories so that anybody can join in, even those who only have time to read on the tram! Here's how it works:
- Every week, we announce a selection of short stories in English (possibly translated) freely available online.
- Anybody who wants to participate reads the stories in advance on their own. The texts for any given week usually take an hour or two to read.
- We meet on Sunday to discuss the stories.
Our discussions don't follow a set agenda and are all based on what we happen to find interesting for any given story. The story choices are member-driven, so feel free to suggest anything that interests you!
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One prequel, one sequel 🐀⛪
Språkcaféet, Esperantoplatsen 7-9, Göteborg, SE📚 About our sessions
Please read the stories listed below before attending. For every story we will start with summarizing the story so that we have it fresh in our minds. We will share our opinions about the story, which parts we liked and which we didn't like, and we will discuss any and all aspects of the story and the writing.
📖 About this session
Sometime ago, we had a session with stories by Roberto Bolaño. One of them was set in a civilisation of rats, and inspired by another short story by Franz Kafka. That time we also read part one of "Two catholic tales", titled "The vocation". For this session, we will read the short story that inspired the first and the continuation of the second, expaniding on what we read and discussed back then.
The first story does not need any previous reading, but for the second story it is recommended to read the first part if you did not attend the previous session, here.
These are the two stories that we will discuss for this session:
"Josephine the Songstress of The Mouse Folk" 🐀🎤 by Franz Kafka (ca 10700 words)
"Chance" ⛪🔪 by Roberto Bolaño (ca 3000 words)
After the discussion feel free to stick around, socialize, and make new friends. ☕
9 asistentes
🗿 What Giants Leave Behind
Språkcaféet, Esperantoplatsen 7-9, Göteborg, SE📚 About our sessions
Please read the stories listed below before attending. For every story we will start with summarizing the story so that we have it fresh in our minds. We will share our opinions about the story, which parts we liked and which we didn't like, and we will discuss any and all aspects of the story and the writing.
📖 About this session
This week we will be reading stories about different kinds of giants and their significance (or lack therof)Please read the following stories for the session:
🟦 Zima Blue by Alistair Reynolds (2004), ca. 8200 words
🌊 The Drowned Giant by J. G. Ballard (1964), ca. 4200 wordsAfter the discussion feel free to stick around, socialize, and make new friends. ☕
3 asistentes
💩 Enshittified: Reading Cory Doctorow's fiction
Språkcaféet, Esperantoplatsen 7-9, Göteborg, SE📚 About our sessions
Please read the stories listed below before attending. For every story we will start with summarizing the story so that we have it fresh in our minds. We will share our opinions about the story, which parts we liked and which we didn't like, and we will discuss any and all aspects of the story and the writing.
📖 About this session
Cory Doctorow is a Canadian-British blogger, journalist, and science fiction author. He is an activist in favour of liberalizing copyright laws and a proponent of the Creative Commons organization, using some of its licences for his books. Some common themes of his work include digital rights management, file sharing, and post-scarcity economics. He writes essays online on https://pluralistic.net/ and has coined the word “Enshittification" which became the word of the year in 2023.
We are going to read four different stories which show his views and debate both about his style and its content.- 🖨️ Printcrime PDF (A4) | HTML | Plain text | EPUB [2007] (737 words)
- ⚰️ By his things will you know him [2013] (5247 words) Comment by the author
- 📹 Affordances [2019] (5635 words)
- 🕰️ Inside the clock tower [2021] (1296 words)
After the discussion feel free to stick around, socialize, and make new friends. ☕
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