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看片视频 Conversations with Alberto Manguel

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The 看片视频 Library is pleased to welcome Alberto Manguel, writer, editor, critic and bibliophile for the fall 2019 看片视频 Conversations series. Six evenings of conversation will guide attendees through some of the rare treasures of the library鈥檚 collection. From Quebec detective fiction to fairy tales, Manguel and his guests will cover a wide range of topics 鈥 something to appeal to the curiosity in all of us. The 看片视频 Conversations are presented in collaboration with the Friends of the 看片视频 Library. Manguel will share his love of books and libraries in conversation with seven special guests:

Andr茅e A. Michaud 2 October 2019

Image by Marianne Desch锚nes.

Dans la biblioth猫que, avec un chandelier : Romans policiers qu茅b茅cois
In the Library, with a Candlestick鈥 : Quebec Detective Fiction

Joignez-vous 脿 l鈥檃uteure Andr茅e A. Michaud, laur茅ate du prix litt茅raire du gouverneur g茅n茅ral, et 脿 l'animateur Alberto Manguel pour une tourn茅e de comm茅moration de la fiction polici猫re qu茅b茅coise, des temps du Vieux-Montr茅al 脿 nos jours.

脡v茅nement bilingue francais / English

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Anita Rau Badami 23 October 2019

Anita Rau Badami
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Witness to a Setting Sun? Rudyard Kipling鈥檚 Traffics and Discoveries

How complex was Kipling鈥檚 relationship to his native India?

Join Alberto Manguel and author Anita Rau Badami听for a lively discussion of Kipling鈥檚 work in the context of multiculturalism, colonialism, and modernity.

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Aritha Van Herk 13 November 2019

Aritha van Herk

看片视频 in the Making; The Dawson Family at Home and Away

The Dawson family papers give a fascinating glimpse into the life of a 19th century 看片视频听family - a group of geologists,听influential socialites and explorers. Author and听Professor Aritha Van Herk and Alberto Manguel will discuss the Dawson family as a notable example of the Canadian pioneering spirit.

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Esther Frank and Sebastian Schulman 20 November 2019

cover of Im sheki'at ha-hamah: shirim, 1900-1906 (At sunset: poems) (Varshah: Tushiyah, 1906).

Yiddish Spoken: The Yiddish Writers of Quebec

What is lost in translation? Join Alberto Manguel and guests Ether Frank and Sebastian Schulman for an exploration of Montreal鈥檚 Yiddish literary culture today. They will guide us through the treasures of Joe Fishstein鈥檚 remarkable Yiddish collection.

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Susan Swan

4 December 2019

Susan Swan

The Human Zoo: Medicine and Showbusiness

Join Alberto Manguel and author Susan Swan听for a discussion of the scandalous phenomenon of the 鈥渉uman zoos鈥 popular in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, with examples from the Osler Library of the History of Medicine.

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Jane Urquhart 11 December 2019

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Into the Woods: Children鈥檚 Books and Fairy Tales

Join novelist Jane Urquhart for a trip 鈥渋nto the woods鈥 of Fairyland. East will meet west in this evening celebrating children鈥檚 stories from across the globe.

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