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The Chemistry of Tears by Peter Carey
An automaton, a secret love story, a man and a woman who can never meet, and the fate of the warming world are all brought to incandescent life in this haunting new novel from one of the most admired writers of our time.
When Catherine Gehrig, a museum conservator and clock expert, finds out that her very married lover of thirteen years has dropped dead, she has to keep her grief a secret. But with no outlet other than vodka, her sorrow is close to driving the hyper-rational Catherine mad. The only person who knew of their affair - her boss - tries to distract and rescue her by giving her a project that demands all of her attention: the reconstruction of an elaborate nineteenth-century automaton. In the crates containing its bits and pieces, Catherine discovers a series of notebooks written by Henry Brandling, who, in 1854, commissioned the extraordinary, eerie mechanical creature in an attempt to bring joy to his consumptive little son. Henry's is a personal account of his adventures in the wilds of Germany, a diary that brings Catherine unexpected comfort, fellow feeling and wonder. But it is the automaton itself, in its beautiful, uncanny imitation of life, that links Henry's life to Catherine's, as both are confronted with the miracle and catastrophe of human invention, and the body's astonishing chemistry of love and feeling.
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Putin Reloaded: Russian Presidential Elections and their Domestic and International Implications
On March 4, 2012, to little surprise of the observers, Vladimir Putin came back to the office of the President of the Russian Federation. This seemingly ordinary event, nevertheless, is interesting because Mr. Putin never really left power when he swapped it for the office of the Prime Minister in 2008. If he is successfully to complete his third term in office, which expires in 2018, Mr. Putin will equal years in power of the late Soviet Communist leader Leonid Brezhnev. What implications will Putin's coming back to the forefront have for Russia and the rest of the world? Join us in the classroom as we discuss and try to answer these questions based on Putin's previous record and analysis of the situation both in Russia itself and internationally.
Tuesday, May 29
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Cost: $25 for one class
Pre-registration required.
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Following the successful recent reissues of McCartney, McCartney II, and this year s Grammy winner for Best Historical Album Band on the Run, is the latest addition to the Paul McCartney Archive Collection and the most anticipated, and ambitious, yet!
At just 17 years old, Calgary born pianist is taking the world by storm.
The great Mexican novelist, intellectual and essayist Carlos Fuentes passed away today at the age of 83. An intellectual and cultural powerhouse, Fuentes' reputation North of the border was cemented with the publication of his fictitious take on Ambrose Bierce's missing years, The Old Gringo, in 1985. Many widely acclaimed books followed, including The Death of Artemio Cruz and The Eagle's Throne. An outspoken social critic who could write beautifully and never shied away from a bawdy joke, Fuentes' writing chronicled and defined Mexico throughout its most turbulent decades while forging a unique literary world of its own. Extensive obituaries can be found online at The New York Times and several hundred other sites.
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