This year the European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC) will look at European literature that have been turned into films.
In conjunction with the book club discussions, each institute will also host a screening of the film adaptation (with English subtitles). The European Book Club is a cooperation of the European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC) in Toronto, consisting of The Alliance Française, the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Camões Toronto, and the Goethe-Institut.
Feb 8 – Cat and Mouse by Günter Grass – 7 pm
Feb 23 – Screening of Cat and Mouse, fi lm adaptation by Hans Jürgen Pohland (1967) – 6:30 pm
@ Goethe-Institut Toronto, 100 University Ave., North Tower, 2 Floor
Mar 8 – Two Women by Alberto Moravia – 6:30 pm
@ Istituto Italiano di Cultura, 496 Huron St.
Apr 5 – The Return by Dulce Maria Cardoso – 6:30 pm
@ Victoria College, U of T, Room 204, hosted by Camões Toronto
May 24 – Gomorrah by Roberto Saviano – 6:30 pm
@ Istituto Italiano di Cultura, 496 Huron St.
Sep 20 – The Wages of Fear by Georges Arnaud – 6 pm
Sep 20 – Screening of The Wages of Fear, fi lm adaptation by Henri- Georges Clouzot (1951) – 7:30 pm
@ Alliance Française de Toronto, 24 Spadina Rd.
Oct 4 – Measuring the World by Daniel Kehlmann – 7 pm
Oct 26 – Screening of Measuring the World, fi lm adaptation by Detlef Buck (2012) – 6:30 pm
@ Goethe-Institut Toronto, 100 University Ave., North Tower, 2 Floor
Nov 8 – The Maias by Eça de Queirós – 6:30 pm
Nov 15 – Screening of The Maias, fi lm adaptation by João Botelho(2014) – 6 pm
@ Victoria College, U of T, Room 204, hosted by Camões Toronto
Dec 6 – Michael Kohlhaas by Heinrich von Kleist – 6 pm
Dec 6 – Screening of Michael Kohlhaas, fi lm adapation by Arnaud des Pallières (2013) – 7:30 pm
@ Alliance Française de Toronto, 24 Spadina Rd.