Register online\, in person\, or b y phone at 330.535.9423. Those who are registered for the reading group will receive a copy of "In the Land of the Postscript" to read and return to the Library after the book discussion. \; \;
\nThe Akron-Summit County Public Library has been selected as a participating l ibrary for the Yiddish Book Center's "Sto ries of Exile" Reading Groups for Public Libraries for 2023.
\nA t this event in the series\, we will discuss "In the Land of the Postscrip t" by Chava Rosenfarb.
\nBook summary:
\nIn these seven st ories\, survivors of the Holocaust play out that tragedy's last acts. Baru kh\, in "The Greenhorn\," is a newly-arrived immigrant in Montreal and is an oddity for reasons beyond the winter coat he continues to wear long int o spring. As a dying request\, Amalia\, in "Last Love\," asks her husband to find her a young Parisian lover. In "Edgia's Revenge\," Rella\, a forme r kapo\, loses her identity over the course of two decades in Montreal to the woman whose life she spared in the camps. "Franç\;ois" is the ac count of a crumbling marriage\; in it\, Leah takes on an imaginary lover. The wife in "Little Red Bird" imagines kidnapping a baby from the nursery in the hospital so that she will be able to love\, nurture\, and raise a c hild of her own. These are stories of exile\, of life\, loss\, and love. I n "Survivors\," Chava Rosenfarb takes the Yiddish short story\, in the tra dition of Isaac Bashevis Singer\, and extends it with touches of Philip Ro th and Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
\nAbout the Stories of E xile Series:
\nThe Yiddish Book Center&rsquo\;s &ldquo\;Sto
ries of Exile&rdquo\; Reading Groups for Public Libraries is a reading and
discussion program to engage teens and adults in thinking about experienc
es of displacement\, migration\, and diaspora. In this program\, librarian
s organize reading groups to discuss three books of Yiddish literature in
translation\, and one book related to the experience of a community served
by their library. \;
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The Yiddish Book Center&rsquo\
;s &ldquo\;Stories of Exile&rdquo\; Reading Groups for Public Libraries is
made possible by a gift from Sharon Karmazin. \;
Othe r programs in the series include:
\nBook Discussion: "The Best We C ould Do" by Thi Bui \;(Graphic Novel)
\nFirestone P ark Branch Library
\nThursday\, September 7\, 6:30 pm \;
\nBook Discussion: "In the Land of the Postscript: Short Stories Tr anslated from Yiddish" by Chava Rosenfarb
\nNorth Hill Bran ch Library \;
\nMonday\, October 2\, 12:30 pm
\n\nNort hwest Akron Branch \;
\nMonday\, October 18\, 6 pm
\nBook Discussi on: "On the Landing: Stories" by Yenta Mash
\nMain Libr ary (Meeting Room 1)
\nWednesday\, November 1\, 6:30 pm
\nMain Event: Many Voices With \;Yiyun Li
\nMain Library (Auditorium)
\nMonday\, November 6\, 6:30 pm
\nImmigrant Pers pectives on Film
\nMain Library (Auditorium)
\nTh ursdays\, September 7\, 14\, 21\, 28\, 6:30 pm
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