Like books, wine and a good old natter? Great news: you’ll find all three at our first book group meeting! BOOK: The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector DATE: Sunday 7 September TIME: 7pm-8.30pm LOCATION: The Sparkle Horse The Hour of the Star Blurb: Living in the slums of Rio and eking out a […]
Manfred Baumann is an unassuming, middle-aged banker whose mundane existence is enlivened by his fantasies of Adèle Bedeau, the laconic waitress at his daily watering hole. A somewhat desolate figure who sits on the fringes of a small French community, Manfred’s quiet life is thrown into disarray when the object of his affection mysteriously vanishes, […]
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