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For our next meeting on Friday, August 7 at 5:30pm, we'll be reading She Who Remains by Rene Karabash.
We've been excited to read this novel-in-translation since it was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize this year, with the judges calling it "an unforgettable modern fairy tale."
She Who Remains, Rene Karabash’s landmark Bulgarian queer novel, secrets readers into a rural Albanian village where the Kanun of Lekë Dukagjini—a collection of archaic laws—looms over the lives of the residents with the same haunting presence as the surrounding mountains. Bekija, painfully aware of why she cannot have what she most wants, chooses to become a “sworn virgin,” setting off a bloody and heartbreaking chain of events. This probing exploration of what it means to be a woman in a world defined by the violence of ancient patriarchal traditions has resonated with readers across Europe and beyond, and now English-language readers.
As always, we have paperback copies available at the store at a 10% discount - let us know if you'd like us to set aside a copy for you!