The Brazilian Embassy in London’s new book club will be meeting for the first time in January 2015. The idea is that participants should read some of the best-loved classics of Brazilian literature, in Portuguese or English, and then come to monthly meetings at the Embassy to share their thoughts – in English – with fellow readers in a friendly, informal setting.

On the Cultural Section of  the Embassy’s website can be found a short biography of the author of the month, a short history of the book and its translation, details of publication formats, and a set of questions to stimulate thinking about the books.

Dates:

Launch Evening: 15 January 2015 | ‘Quincas Borba’ (1891), by Machado de Assis (image)

19 February 2015 | ‘The Passion According to G.H.’ (1964), by Clarice Lispector

19 March 2015 | ‘Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon’ (1958), by Jorge Amado

16 April 2015 | ‘Iracema, the Honey-lips’ (1886), by José de Alencar

14 May 2015 | ‘Macunaima’ (1928), by Mário de Andrade

18 June 2015 | (‘Os Sertões’) ‘Rebellion in the Backlands’ or ‘Backlands: The Canudos Campaign’ (1902), by Euclides da Cunha

All meetings from 6.30 to 9pm.