UBC Museum of Anthropology â Community Lounge. 6393 NW Marine Drive, UBC Campus, Vancouver. Light refreshments will fo
“The Piano Cemetery”
(Cemitério de Pianos) by José Luís Peixoto
Organized by the Consulate General of Portugal in Vancouver and EUNIC Canada-Vancouver, with the support of the Camões Institute for Cooperation and Language, the next meeting with the EU Book Club, moderated by Alexandra Henriques, will be with a Portuguese novel: The Lázaro family are carpenters who would rather be piano-makers. In the dusty back room of their carpentry shop in Lisbon is the 'piano cemetery', filled with broken-down pianos that provide the spare parts needed for repairing and rebuilding instruments all over the city. It is a mysterious and magical place, a place of solace, a dreaming place and, above all, a trysting place for lovers. Peixoto weaves the tragic true story of the marathon-runner, Francisco Lázaro, into a rich narrative of love, betrayal, domestic happiness and dashed hopes.
(Text: Publisher's website)
“A superb family saga” – The Times
The Author Born in 1974, José Luís Peixoto has published poetry and fiction and received the Prize Jovens Criadores (Young Creators) in the years of 1997, 1998 and 2000. In 2001, his novel Nenhum Olhar ("Blank Gaze/The Implacable Order of Things") received the José Saramago Literary Award. In 2007, The Piano Cemetery was distinguished with Spanish Calamo Literary Award for the best novel published in Spanish translation on the previous year. His works have been translated in a total of 20 languages and published in many countries worldwide.
Saturday, June 6, 2015 – 3:00 to 5:00 pm UBC Museum of Anthropology – Community Lounge 6393 NW Marine Drive, UBC Campus, Vancouver
Light refreshments will follow, courtesy of the Consulate General of Portugal Admission is free, but please register by e-mail:
[email protected] Note: The English translation of the novel, published by Bloomsbury (London) in 2010, is available in paperback or e-book formats at amazon.com, amazon.ca and chapters.indigo.ca. It is also available from Chapters bookstores and on order from the VPL.
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The exhibition “Heaven, Hell & Somewhere in Between: Portuguese Popular Art” is on view May 12 through October 12, 2015 at MOA. Members of the EU Book Club, and those interested in joining, will have the opportunity of attending a special guided tour at 2 pm on June 6. Museum admission must be purchased to access the exhibition (tour will be free). The North American premiere of this extraordinary exhibition will include 300 Portuguese folk artworks – a distinct and eclectic mix of urban graffiti and mural paintings combined with popular rural creations: puppets, figurines, carnival masks, ceramics, and more.
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