Club de Lecture - Book Club

The Alliance Française is trialling a different way to practise your French. On the last Wednesday of every month, a French book (with no translations) will be selected and discussed for 90 minutes, allowing you to develop and improve your reading and comprehension skills.

Who: Available for members and students of the Alliance Française d'Adelaïde
Where: Alliance Française d'Adelaïde, 319 Young St, Wayville
When: Thursday once a month, 6:30pm - 8pm during school terms, unless scheduled otherwise.

Please contact Laureline if you would like more information.

2019

Février

Notre part des ténèbres

Thursday, 21 February - 6:30pm
Alliance Française, 319 Young St, Wayville

For this month's Club de Lecture, the club will be discussing Notre part des ténèbres by Gerard Mordillat, which tells the story of Gary and other members of Mondial Laser, a high-tech company, who seize a luxury ship full of their shareholders and divert its course north to colder waters.

2018

Décembre

Marx et la poupée

Wednesday, 19 December - 6:30pm
Alliance Française, 319 Young St, Wayville

For this month's Club de Lecture, the club will be discussing Marx et la poupée by Maryam Madjidi, which tells of Maryam's experience of being in in Paris due to her father's exile during the Iranian Revolution. Through the memories of her early years, Maryam recounts the abandonment of the country, the removal of her family, and the loss of her toys - given to the children of Teheran under the orders of her communist parents.

Novembre

Le livre des Baltimore

Wednesday, 28 November - 6:30pm
Alliance Française, 319 Young St, Wayville

For this month's Club de Lecture, the club will be discussing Le livre des Baltimore by Joël Dicker, which tells the story of Marcus Goldman, who is struggling to write his third novel. A chance encounter in Florida throws him some inspiration from a surprising source: Alexandra Neville, the beautiful, phenomenally successful singer and Marcus's first love.

Octobre

La Vénus d'Ille

Wednesday, 31 October - 6:30pm
Alliance Française, 319 Young St, Wayville

For this month's Club de Lecture, the club will be discussing La Vénus d'Ille by Prosper Mérimée, which tells the story of a statue of Venus that comes to life and kills the son of its owner, whom it believes to be its husband.

Septembre

Le berceau du monde

Wednesday, 26 September - 6:30pm
Alliance Française, 319 Young St, Wayville

For this month's Club de Lecture, the club will be discussing Le berceau du monde by Fady Stephan, a lyrical and poetic epic about Lebanon, cradle of the world filled with thousand-year-old legends.

Août

Le collier rouge

Wednesday, 22 August - 6:30pm
Alliance Française, 319 Young St, Wayville

For this month's Club de Lecture, the club will to discuss Le collier rouge by Jean-Christophe Rufin, a story about a war hero, a young intelligent woman, and a judge in 1919 France, and the dog who holds the key to their destinies.

Juillet

Plage de Manaccora, 16h30

Wednesday, 25 July - 6:30pm
Alliance Française, 319 Young St, Wayville

For this month's Club de Lecture, the club will to discuss Plage de Manaccora, 16h30 by Philippe Jaenada, about a family on vacation is southern Italy during the wildfires of summer. An excellent insight on man's greatness and shortcomings, the vanity of their efforts, and the fragile beauty of life.

Juin

Sauve-moi

Wednesday, 27 June - 6:30pm
Alliance Française, 319 Young St, Wayville

For this month's Club de Lecture, the club will to discuss Sauve-moi by Guillaume Musso, about Sam Galoway, a thirty-year-old New Yorker who one day meets Juliette, a pretty 28-year-old French waitress in a bar who dreams of becoming an actress.

Mai

Sept jours pour une éternité

Wednesday, 23 May - 6:30pm
Alliance Française, 319 Young St, Wayville

For this month's Club de Lecture, the club will to discuss Sept jours pour une éternité by Marc Levy, about an absurd bet between God and Lucifer to put an end to their eternal rivalry, as they each send their best agents to Earth with seven days to see who will triumph and ultimately rule mankind: Good or Evil?

Avril

Au-revoir là-haut

Wednesday, 18 April - 6:30pm
Alliance Française, 319 Young St, Wayville

For this month's Club de Lecture, the club will to discuss Au-revoir là-haut by Pierre Lemaitre, set after World War I as two soldiers - a disfigured but brilliant artist and an ex-accountant - start a memorial con.

Février

La Possibilité d'une île

Wednesday, 28th February - 6:30pm
Alliance Française, 319 Young St, Wayville

For this month's Club de Lecture, the club will continue to discuss La Possibilité d'une île by Michel Houellebecq, which tells the story of Daniel, a successful comedian, and his two clones, in a post-apocalyptic future set in a cloning cult.

2017

Décembre

La Possibilité d'une île

Wednesday, 29th November - 6:30pm-8pm
Alliance Française, 319 Young St, Wayville

For this month's Club de Lecture, the club will be discussing La Possibilité d'une île by Michel Houellebecq , which tells the story of Daniel, a successful comedian, and his two clones, in a post-apocalyptic future set in a cloning cult.

Novembre

		No et Moi Wednesday, 29 November - 6:30pm-8pm Alliance Francaise, 319 Young St, Wayville For this month's Club de Lecture, the club will be discussing No et Moi by Delphine de Vigan , which tells the story of thirteen-year old Lou, a gifted but lonely child, and Nora (nicknamed No), a homeless girl who Lou interviews for a school project after seeing her at the Gare d'Austerlitz.

Octobre
		L’écume des jours Wednesday, 18 October - 6:30pm-8pm Alliance Francaise, 319 Young St, Wayville For this month's Club de Lecture, the club will be discussing l’écume des jours by Boris Vian, a surrealist style book which follows multiple plot lines, including the love stories of two couples, talking mice, and a man who ages years in a week.

Septembre

Ce que le jour doit à la nuit

Wednesday, 27th September - 6:30pm-8pm
Alliance Francaise, 319 Young St, Wayville

For this month's Club de Lecture, the club will be discussing Ce que le jour doit à la nuit by Yasmina Khadra, which follows the life of a young man, Younes, from his childhood in Algeria in the 1930s to his life as an adult.