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Book Club

The AF DuPage Book Club meetings are conducted in French and are held on the second Wednesday of the month. Meetings start at 6:30 pm unless otherwise indicated and last 1½ - 2 hours.


Please contact Book Club Coordinator Mike Wrzesinski at mwrzesinski@att.net if you have any questions, and to receive the Zoom link and discussion questions for each month's reading.


For the short story readings we will be using Great French Short Stories of the Twentieth Century/Les Grandes Nouvelles Françaises du Vingtième Siècle, a Dover Dual Language Book, edited and translated by Jennifer Wagner.

One Book One Federation

Federation of Alliance Françaises USA


https://afusa.org/one-book-one-federation/


2023 Selection:

Premier Sang by Amélie Nothomb

« Il ne faut pas sous-estimer la rage de survivre. »

Sous la forme d’un conte, Amélie Nothomb raconte la vie de Patrick,  son père, doux enfant angélique qui, jeune adulte, devra se confronter à  la mort. Un magnifique hommage à la figure paternelle mais aussi à un  héros de l’ombre, diplomate à la carrière hors norme.

Ce roman a gagné le Prix Renaudot 2021.


Amélie Nothomb est née à Kobé en 1967. Dès son premier roman Hygiène de l’assassin paru en 1992, elle s’est imposée comme une écrivaine singulière. En 1999, elle obtient avec Stupeur et tremblements le Grand Prix de l’Académie française. Premier sang est son 30e roman.


Click here to access a pedagogical guide for Premier Sang ($8.15 paperback/$4.99 Kindle).

Click here to order Premier sang from MEP/Schoenhof’s Books for the special One Book One Federation price of $22.00 including shipping.

If you wish to sign up as a facilitator for any of the club discussions, please use the form below to volunteer. Merci beaucoup.


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