"When Emily Eakin arrived at Harvard in the late 1980s, she fell under the spell of French theory. In her acclaimed new book, she intertwines her own youthful fascination with theory with the remarkable story of its rise in American intellectual and cultural life."
Co-sponsored with Boston French Library and Harvard Book Store.
In her acclaimed novel (Inter and Walser Awards), Pauly recounts the aftermath of her father’s death. The novel is a tragicomic exploration of grief, family, class, and the complicated bonds between parents and children.
In 1910, Gustav Klimt painted a young woman, then painted over her portrait. The painting was stolen in 1997 and unexpectedly resurfaced two decades later. Camille de Peretti uses this intriguing chapter in art history to imagine the woman behind the painting and the generations that follow her.
Join National Book Award winner Elisa Shua Dusapin for a conversation about The Old Fire, her acclaimed new novel about two estranged sisters, a childhood home, and all that remains unspoken between them.
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