What we’re about
Un club de lectura en español (y otras lenguas).
This group is a spin-off from the Leuven Books and Babble meet-up group. The purpose is to have pleasant and enriching conversations in languages other than English. For the time being we have a monthly discussion in Spanish, on the first Saturday of each month. In the future, depending on demand, we intend to create events in other languages. If interested, please join and signal which other languages would interest you.
Who is this group for:
Native speakers who possibly spend their day working in English and otherwise living in Dutch or other languages and miss reading and having conversations in their mother tongue.
Language students who would like to use their language skills, have interesting conversations on a book, beyond traditional conversation tables. One learns better when feeling the urge to get a point across.
At present we have a Spanish discussion group on the first Saturday of every month. It works as follows:
The book can be read in the language you choose. The discussion takes place in Spanish, but you can use English occasionally when necessary. Substance primes over form. This set up means that the only requirement to fully enjoy the group would be to have an acceptable level of Spanish and English oral comprehension.
In practical terms, we adhere to the practices of Leuven Books and Babble:We read both fiction and non-fiction. The books we read are chosen by voting. Each person can nominate one book. You have two votes; the book with the most votes will be selected.
Participation is limited to 10 persons. If not coming, please update your RSVP promptly.
We charge a fee of €1 per meeting, collected at the meeting, to cover the meetup cost.
Here is the list of the books so far:
Chamanes eléctricos en la fiesta del sol, Mónica Ojeda
Roza tumba quema, Claudia Hernández
Mujeres del alma mía, Isabel Allende.
Huaco retrato, Gabriela Wiener
Los pasos perdidos, Alejo Carpentier
Tres enigmas para la organización, Eduardo Mendoza.
Delirio, Laura Restrepo.
Cuentos completos, Marvel Moreno
El ruido de las cosas al caer, Juan Gabriel Vásquez
Historias de cronopios y famas, Julio Cortazar
Monsieur Pain, Roberto Bolaño
Feria, Ana Iris Simón
El beso de la mujer araña, Manuel Puig
Castigo divino, Sergio Rodriguez
Cauterio, Lucía Lijtmaer
José León Sánchez, La isla de los hombres solos.
Canto yo y la montaña baila, Irene Solà
Ficciones, Jorge Luis Borges.
Cuentos completos, Julio Cortázar
