Narrated by the cosmopolitan Rodrigo S.M., this brief, strange, and haunting tale is the story of Macabéa, one of life’s unfortunates. Living in the slums of Rio de Janeiro and eking out a poor living as a typist, Macabéa loves movies, Coca-Cola, and her rat of a boyfriend; she would like to be like Marilyn […]
Select a poem that deals with the topic of PHOTOSYNTHESIS. You may use any interpretation of the word. The poem must be a published work. You must not be the author. The poem should be no longer than one side of A4. Email: contact@pragueliterarycalendar.com Facebook: Post to this event page. Submissions will be shared on […]
Dr Felix Hoenikker, one of the founding ‘fathers’ of the atomic bomb, has left a deadly legacy to the world. For he’s the inventor of ‘ice-nine’, a lethal chemical capable of freezing the entire planet. The search for its whereabouts leads to Hoenikker’s three ecentric children, to a crazed dictator in the Caribbean, to madness. […]
We usually discuss and arrange details in whatsapp – if you would like to join please message Lydia Titterington or email Prague Literary Calendar contact@pragueliterarycalendar.com, and we can send you the link to join.A classic of Mexican modern literature about a haunted village.As one enters Juan Rulfo’s legendary novel, one follows a dusty road to […]
Love books? So do we! 📚✨Join our laid-back monthly book meet-up — no pressure to finish (or even start!) a book to come along. We chat about our favourite reads, swap books, share recommendations, and just enjoy some great company and conversation.We usually meet on the first Thursday of each month, and there’s always something […]
Set in the anarchic world opened up by America’s westward expansion, Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy is an epic and potent account of the barbarous violence that man visits upon man. Through the hostile landscape of the Texas-Mexico border wanders the Kid, a fourteen year-old Tennessean who is quickly swept up in the relentless tide […]
Love books? So do we! 📚✨Join our laid-back monthly book meet-up — no pressure to finish (or even start!) a book to come along. We chat about our favourite reads, swap books, share recommendations, and just enjoy some great company and conversation.We usually meet on the first Thursday of each month, and there’s always something […]
