French Book club
Alliance Française Silicon Valley offers two book clubs to discuss French-language books:
The Club de Lecture in Menlo Park, and the Cercle de Lecture in Los Gatos.
Feel free to join us for the discussions even if you didn’t read the book (s). It’s a free and great way to practice your French so come join us!
Each book discussion starts with a short presentation of the book and author. All the books are available at amazon.com and are bought by participants.
We meet on the third Thursday of every month, at 7:00pm, in the Menlo Park. Currently via Zoom.
Club de lecture led by Jane Murdoch and Marie Mathevon.
| January 21 | Le royaume du fleuve, Christian Signol - 1991, 251pp |
| February 18 | L'échange (pièce de théâtre), Paul Claudel - 1977, 270pp |
| March 18 | Voyage autour de ma chambre, Xavier De Maistre - 1794 (2003), 153pp |
| April 15 | Arrête avec tes mensonges, Philippe Besson - 2017, 160pp |
| May 20 | Asmara et les causes perdues ("Les causes perdues"), J-C Rufin - 1999, 304pp |
| June 17 | Tous les hommes n'habitent pas le monde de la même façon, Jean-Paul Dubois - 2019, 256pp |
| July 15 | L'étrange affaire du pantalon de Dassoukine, Fouad Laroui - 2012, 180pp |
| August 19 | Incendies (pièce de théâtre), Wajdi Mouawad - 2009, 96pp |
| September 16 | Les os des filles, Line Papin - 2019, 184pp |
| October 21 | Le premier homme, Albert Camus - 1994, 280pp |
| November 18 | Des voix derrière le voile, Zerouala Faiza - 2015, 258pp |
We meet on the fourth Thursday of every month at 3:00pm, in our offices at 14107 Winchester Blvd, Suite T, Los Gatos, CA 95032. Currently
we meet via Zoom.
Cercle de lecture led by Bernadette Theisen.
| January 21 | Il est parti, Bernadette Theisen - Editions Jets d’Encre - 2020, 175pp |
| February 18 | Le marteau pique-coeur roman autobiographique, Azouz Begag - Le Seuil - 2004, 250pp |
| March 18 | La faute d’orthographe est ma langue maternelle, Daniel Picouly - Albin Michel - 2012- 120pp |
| April 15 | Moi, tituba, sorcière noire de Salem, Maryse Condé - 1986, 316pp |
| May 20 | L’écrivain de Yasmina Khadra - 2001, 233pp |
| June 17 | Onitsha, J.M.G. Le Clézio - Folio - 1991 - 288pp |
| July 15 | Fleur de Tonnerre, Jean Teule - 2013, 259pp |
| August 19 | La nuit de feu, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt - 2015, 185pp |
| October 21 | Les frères corses, Alexandre Dumas |
| November 18 | Les Ritals, François Cavanna - 1978 |
| December 16 | Les trois femmes du Consul de Jean, Christophe Rufin |
