We meet in the Connie Morella Library Main Meeting Room to read and discuss books in French one Tuesday a month from 2:00 to 4:00 pm. \;
\nOn March 26\, we'll discuss "Le village d e l'Allemand" by Boualem Sansal. \;
\nBased on a true story and inspired by the work of Primo Levi\, "Le village de l'Allemand" is a heart felt reflection on the harsh imperatives of history. Banned in Algeria\, " Le village de l'Allemand" is a groundbreaking novel. For the first time\, an Arab author directly addresses the moral implications of the Holocaust\ , drawing parallels between Nazism and Islamic fundamentalism. But this ri chly plotted novel also addresses Algeria&rsquo\;s &ldquo\;dirty war&rdquo \; of the early 1990s and the emergence of grim Muslim ghettos in France&r squo\;s low-income housing projects. Boualem Sansal confronts these and ot her volatile issues with unprecedented sincerity and courage. It \;won the RTL Reader&rsquo\;s Prize for Fiction in France and was the first wor k of fiction by an Arab writer to acknowledge the Holocaust in print. Sans al was born in a small village in the Ouarsenis\, Algeria. His fiction and essays have been systematically censored in his native country due to the ir criticism of the government. He has been awarded the prestigious Prix d u Roman Arabe in 2012 and the German Peace Prize in 2011. \;2084: The End of the World\, his seventh novel\, won the French Academy&rsquo\;s Gra n Prix for Fiction.
\n\nFor more information please contact:& nbsp\; Marilyn Schiff at \;marilynschif f41@gmail.com \; \;
\n\nTake a look at these r esources for: Books in French available at MCPL\ , \;Interlibrary loans\, book rec ommendations\, \;Language learning.
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\n\nPeople who are Deaf or Hard of H earing should request \;English-language captioning or sign-lang uage interpretation \;at least five days before the library-sponso red program they plan to attend. Contact the Assistant Facilities and Acce ssibility Program Manager at 240-777-0002 with all other accommodation req uests.
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