Focus on Marjane Satrapi

If you loved Persepolis and want to know everything about Marjane Satrapi, come discuss her work over wine with other fans and the UK’s leading expert on graphic novels, Paul Gravett! It will be followed by a screening of Satrapi's latest film, Chicken with Plums (£5 with a reading group ticket).

Chair: Paul Gravett, UK's leading expert on graphic novels

Thu 24 May | book online

as part of the BD & Comics Passion Festival

L'Arrache-coeur by Boris Vian

Vian's final and most compelling novel combines poetry, fantasy and absurdity in a story in three parts. A sublime mixture of disturbing incidents and verbal wit, L'Arrache-coeur is reminiscent of Raymond Queneau and Eugène Ionesco.

Chair: Dr. Benjamin Andreo,, Dept. Of European Languages, Aberystwyth University

Thu 31 May | book online

La Vie devant soi by Romain Gary

Gary's Prix Goncourt winning novel is a touching and poignant portrayal of life and the struggle to live within one's means during the birth pangs of post-war Paris. It centres on an eight-year old Arab orphan and his relationship with a former prostitute.

Chair: Dr. Emma Bielecki, Lecturer, St. Peter’s College, Oxford /p>

Thu 28 June | book online

7.00pm | in English and (easy) French

£5, £3 for members, including a complimentary glass of wine (Courtesy Aubert & Mascoli)

The books are available to borrow in English and French at the Médiathèque and on Culturethèque.

And at the French Bookshop (10% discount): This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it