Fall into Books: Swimming in Paris: Sexuality, Abortion, Friendship, and Feminity

Saturday, October 26, 2024 From 12:30 PM To 1:30 PM Add to Calendar 2024-10-26 12:30:00 2024-10-26 13:30:00 Fall into Books: Swimming in Paris: Sexuality, Abortion, Friendship, and Feminity Join us for a conversation with Colombe Schneck on Swimming in Paris, a powerful exploration of women's bodies, love, and identity. The French Library, 53 Marlborough St, Boston, Massachusetts, United States America/New_York

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Written in a style that evokes Annie Ernaux’s precise and intimate work on social milieu and sexuality, Swimming in Paris is a decades-long exploration of the complicated relationships that women so often have with their own bodies. Whether depicting a teenage abortion in the midst of a privileged Parisian upbringing, or unexpected romances, Colombe Schneck’s prose exudes an unwavering elegance and intimacy. In Pamela Druckerman’s words, “Schneck offers a periscopic view into bourgeois Paris and captures the terror and truth of love like only a Frenchwoman can.” Join the author to know more about this powerful meditation on a lifelong journey to reclaim the female body.

She will be interviewed by Shuchi Sarawsat, writer, journalist and founder of the Transnational Literature Series at Brookline Booksmith, a reading series focused on stories of migration, the intersection of politics & literature.
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Language: English .

This is a free event, available on a first-come, first-served basis.

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Colombe Schneck is documentary film director, a journalist, and the author of twelve books of fiction and nonfiction. She has received prizes from the Académie française, Madame Figaro, and the Société des gens de lettres. The recipient of a scholarship from the Villa Medici in Rome as well as a Stendhal grant from the Institut français, she was born and educated in Paris, where she still lives.

Talk : 12:30 – 1:30 PM | Book Signing: Following the talk

Shuchi Saraswat’s essays are forthcoming in Ploughshares and Orion. The founder and former director of the Transnational Literature Series at Brookline Booksmith, she’s now the senior editor of the literary magazine, AGNI.

This event is co-presented with Villa Albertine Boston and the Boston Book Festival.

The French Library is proud to continue its longstanding collaboration with Villa Albertine Boston, alongside the Boston Book Festival. This year’s event promises to be especially exciting, as we welcome a record number of Francophone authors to our stage.

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