Bonjour ! It is only 20 days until we leave...and only 24 days until our book club! That means, if you have not started to read Sarah's Key (Tatiana de Rosnay) yet, then you probably should. We are going to focus our day around WWII and the Holocaust in Paris. We will look at what life was like during the Occupation through the eyes of four women active in the Left Bank literary/academic scene: a French Jew (Hélène Berr), an immigrant Jew, (Irène Némirovsky), a French non-Jew (Adrienne Monnier), and an American (Sylvia Beach).
In order to prepare for our discussions and the day's amazing activities, I have some extra reading I would like you to do. Don't worry - it's not intense or lengthy reading! You should be able to read it all in 30 minutes or so. I also included some video links that you might enjoy. Click on the links below to get to the assignments:
Sylvia Beach
Sylvia Beach/Adrienne Monnier Video (Excerpt from Paris Was a Woman - watch only first 5 minutes)
If you want to watch all of Paris Was a Woman, it is on YouTube in eight parts.
Sylvia Beach/Adrienne Monnier Video (Excerpt from Paris Was a Woman - watch only first 5 minutes)
If you want to watch all of Paris Was a Woman, it is on YouTube in eight parts.
Let me know if you have any questions or would like more information on anything. I'm looking forward to our trip and our day together on July 25th! Until then...à bientôt !
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