We are pleased to announce that we will begin reading the Trilogy by Henryk Sienkiewicz this summer.  Based on a consensus with the group, we will start with the first volume, With Fire and Sword and continue to meet on Wednesdays, with slight variation.  Here is the reading schedule based on the 1991 Kuniczak translation (chapters provided if you are using a different version):

6/17:  1-398 (Chapters 1-26)

7/29: 399-694 (Chapter 27-47)

8/19 695-1137 (Chapters 48-79)

We will watch the film at the end of the summer.

Google Meet meeting details will be emailed to individuals who register using the button below.

This event is free to attend, but if you’d like to support our reading group and help cover costs, we invite you to make a donation.

Every contribution makes a difference!

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We are pleased to announce that we will begin reading the Trilogy by Henryk Sienkiewicz this summer.  Based on a consensus with the group, we will start with the first volume, With Fire and Sword and continue to meet on Wednesdays, with slight variation.  Here is the reading schedule based on the 1991 Kuniczak translation (chapters provided if you are using a different version):

6/17:  1-398 (Chapters 1-26)

7/29: 399-694 (Chapter 27-47)

8/19 695-1137 (Chapters 48-79)

We will watch the film at the end of the summer.

Google Meet meeting details will be emailed to individuals who register using the button below.

This event is free to attend, but if you’d like to support our reading group and help cover costs, we invite you to make a donation.

Every contribution makes a difference!

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We are pleased to announce that we will begin reading the Trilogy by Henryk Sienkiewicz this summer.  Based on a consensus with the group, we will start with the first volume, With Fire and Sword and continue to meet on Wednesdays, with slight variation.  Here is the reading schedule based on the 1991 Kuniczak translation (chapters provided if you are using a different version):

6/17:  1-398 (Chapters 1-26)

7/29: 399-694 (Chapter 27-47)

8/19 695-1137 (Chapters 48-79)

We will watch the film at the end of the summer.

Google Meet meeting details will be emailed to individuals who register using the button below.

This event is free to attend, but if you’d like to support our reading group and help cover costs, we invite you to make a donation.

Every contribution makes a difference!

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This novel was translated into English within a few years of being published and presages conditions in Poland in the 1980s (or reflects those that already existed).  A mixture of surrealism and the absurdity of the everyday, through which we will revisit what we thought we knew about Poland and the forging of Polishness through the fire of suffering.  Where possible we will compare with the surrealism of Witkacy from the previous month.

Google Meet meeting details will be emailed to individuals who register using the button below.

This event is free to attend, but if you’d like to support our reading group and help cover costs, we invite you to make a donation.

Every contribution makes a difference!

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