Susan Isaacs was born in 1943 in Brooklyn, New York. She received her education at Queens college. She worked as a senior editor at Seventeen magazine, which she had to give up after the birth of her first child and worked from home as a freelance.
Her breakthrough came with her first novel Compromising Positions, published in 1978 which was chosen by the Book of the Month Club, became a best seller and was later made into a film. In the 1980s she wrote the screenplay for
Mittwoch, 9. November 2011
Rules Of The Wild By Francesca Marciano
Francesca Marciano was born and grew up in Rome, Italy in 1955. Her grandfather was a well-known Italian writer and winner of literary awards. Since her childhood Francesca was dreaming of becoming a writer like her grandfather but she gave up her university studies and went to New York to have a six-month film course and ended up staying six years.
She worked as a producer/director for documentaries for the Italian television before she found out that her real vocation was film-making. She
She worked as a producer/director for documentaries for the Italian television before she found out that her real vocation was film-making. She
Montag, 7. November 2011
Rules Of The Wild By Francesca Marciano
Francesca Marciano was born and grew up in Rome, Italy in 1955. Her grandfather was a well-known Italian writer and winner of literary awards. Since her childhood Francesca was dreaming of becoming a writer like her grandfather but she gave up her university studies and went to New York to have a six-month film course and ended up staying six years.
She worked as a producer/director for documentaries for the Italian television before she found out that her real vocation was film-making. She
She worked as a producer/director for documentaries for the Italian television before she found out that her real vocation was film-making. She
Upcoming Books at the UN Women’s Guild Book Club
Dear Ladies,
Here is the list of books we will be reading in the coming months :
Friday 30th September 2011
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami.
Chroniques de l'oiseau à ressort de Haruki Murakami.
Friday 28th October 2011
The Yacoubian Building by Alaa El Aswany.
L'immeuble Yacoubian de Alaa El Aswany.
November 2011
No Book Club meeting because of the Bazaar.
Friday 16th December 2011
Crow Stone by Jenni Mills.
Le murmure des pierres de Jenni Mills.
Wishing
Here is the list of books we will be reading in the coming months :
Friday 30th September 2011
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami.
Chroniques de l'oiseau à ressort de Haruki Murakami.
Friday 28th October 2011
The Yacoubian Building by Alaa El Aswany.
L'immeuble Yacoubian de Alaa El Aswany.
November 2011
No Book Club meeting because of the Bazaar.
Friday 16th December 2011
Crow Stone by Jenni Mills.
Le murmure des pierres de Jenni Mills.
Wishing
My Name Is Salma by Fadia Faqir
Fadia Faqir was born in 1956 in Amman, Jordan to a conservative family where she was one of nine children. She obtained her BA degree in English Literature from the University of Amman, followed by an MA in Creative Writing at Lancaster University, England.
In 1990 Fadia Faqir was awarded the first Ph.D in Critical and Creative Writing by the University of East Anglia. She was the senior editor of the Arab Women Writers Series, for which she received the 1995 New Venture
In 1990 Fadia Faqir was awarded the first Ph.D in Critical and Creative Writing by the University of East Anglia. She was the senior editor of the Arab Women Writers Series, for which she received the 1995 New Venture
Sonntag, 6. November 2011
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much By Allison Hoover Bartlett
Allison Hoover Bartlett was born in Toronto Canada. She is a journalist with a B.A. Degree in English literature from the University of Santa Barbara in the USA and is a member of North 24th Writer's group and Word of Mouth Bay Area.
She has written articles for the New York Times, the Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle Magazine and other publications about travel, art, science and education. A. H. Bartlett lives with her husband and two children in San Francisco.
Bartlett's
She has written articles for the New York Times, the Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle Magazine and other publications about travel, art, science and education. A. H. Bartlett lives with her husband and two children in San Francisco.
Bartlett's
Nadirs By Herta Müller
Herta Müller was born in 1953 of farmer parents from the German speaking minority enclave village of Nitzkydorf (Nitchidorf) in the Banat in Romania. The majority of the German speaking peoples of this part of Romania originally came from Swabia (Schwaben) in Germany.
From 1973 to 1976, Müller left her village to study German and Romanian literature at the university of Timisoara. She then worked as a translator but was dismissed in 1979 because of her unwillingness to cooperate with
From 1973 to 1976, Müller left her village to study German and Romanian literature at the university of Timisoara. She then worked as a translator but was dismissed in 1979 because of her unwillingness to cooperate with
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle By Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami, one of Japan's most famous and acclaimed contemporary writers, was born in Kyoto in 1949 but grew up in Kobe. His parents were both teachers of Japanese literature. He majored in theatre arts from Tokyo's Waseda University in 1975.
Since his childhood, Murakami has always been influenced by Western culture and literature and loved classical and jazz music to the extent that while still at university, he opened his coffee/jazz bar, “Peter Cat”, with Yoko, his university
Since his childhood, Murakami has always been influenced by Western culture and literature and loved classical and jazz music to the extent that while still at university, he opened his coffee/jazz bar, “Peter Cat”, with Yoko, his university
List of books we will be reading in the coming months.
Dear Ladies,
Here is the list of books we will be reading in the coming months :
January 2012
The Other Hand (UK print) by Chris Cleave.
or
Little Bee (USA print) by Chris Cleave.
(Two different English titles for this novel depending on where you buy it).
Et les hommes sont venus de Chris Cleave.
February 2012
The Siege by Ismail Kadare.
Les tambours de la pluie de Ismail Kadare.
March 2012
The Loner by Josephine Cox.
No French language version.
April 2012
Let The
Here is the list of books we will be reading in the coming months :
January 2012
The Other Hand (UK print) by Chris Cleave.
or
Little Bee (USA print) by Chris Cleave.
(Two different English titles for this novel depending on where you buy it).
Et les hommes sont venus de Chris Cleave.
February 2012
The Siege by Ismail Kadare.
Les tambours de la pluie de Ismail Kadare.
March 2012
The Loner by Josephine Cox.
No French language version.
April 2012
Let The
The Yacoubian Building by Alaa El Aswany
Alaa El Aswany was born in Egypt in 1957, the only child of an ex aristocratic mother and a well known father from Aswan, in Upper Egypt. His father, Abbas, who received the Egyptian state award for literature in 1972, was a lawyer before becoming a novelist.
Alaa Al Aswany studied in a French private school in Cairo, Le Lycée Français du Caire, which was followed by a Cairo University dentistry degree in 1980 and a Masters degree in 1985 from the University of Illinois in Chicago, where
Alaa Al Aswany studied in a French private school in Cairo, Le Lycée Français du Caire, which was followed by a Cairo University dentistry degree in 1980 and a Masters degree in 1985 from the University of Illinois in Chicago, where
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