About us
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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Short stories about music and musicians vol. 2
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
As a continuation of the part one, in the second part of the short stories about music and musicians, we explore from different perspectives the impact of music in our lives.
For this session, we will discuss the following stories:
🍸🎶🎹 The Reunion - Maya Angelou (1983, Confirmation: An Anthology of African American Women) (2100 words)
🎹😰 Wunderkind - Carson McCullers (1951, The Ballad of Sad Café and Other Stories) (4800 words)
🎻💪🛶 Shamengwa - Louise Erdrich (2002, The New Yorker - Print Edition Dec 2nd, 2002) (6500 words)After the discussion feel free to stick around, socialize, and make new friends. ☕
3 attendees
⚠️ J'accuse: short stories by Emile Zola
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
Despite the dramatic event title we will not be reading Zola's open letter titled J'accuse..! Instead we will turn to his short works of fiction. The stories we will be discussing are:
🐈⬛️ The Paradise of Cats at approximately 1,400 words published originally in 1874 in the short story collection called Stories For Ninon ( original title: Nouveaux Contes à Ninon)
🪦 The Death of Olivier Becaille at approximately 10,600 words published originally in 1891 as part of a collection of short stories titled Evenings at Médan (original title: Les Soirées de Médan)
After the discussion feel free to stick around, socialize, and make new friends. ☕
3 attendees
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