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OISPA Book Club

'Books and Beverages'

Do you love books?

Or talking about books?

Or do you just want to meet up with some friendly faces in the evening? 

 

Whether reason one, two or three, you will be very welcome at OISPA's book club! 

We meet on Thursdays monthly, usually at 19:00 in either Bocca or W.B.Samson (Bekkestua). Why not come and enjoy a book chat and a beverage with other OIS parents? 

The next meeting will be at Pastis in Aker Brygge at 19:00 on Thursday, April 10

Please email info@oispa.com if you would like to join

Contact Shannon - info@oispa.com - with any questions or for more information.

We will be discussing our next read: 

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I will die in a foreign land by Kalani Pickheart

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In 1913, a Russian ballet incited a riot in Paris at the new Théâtre de Champs-Elysées. “Only a Russian could do that," says Aleksandr Ivanovich. “Only a Russian could make the whole world go mad.”

A century later, in November 2013, thousands of Ukrainian citizens gathered at Independence Square in Kyiv to protest then-President Yanukovych’s failure to sign a referendum with the European Union, opting instead to forge a closer alliance with President Vladimir Putin and Russia. The peaceful protests turned violent when military police shot live ammunition into the crowd, killing over a hundred civilians.

I Will Die in a Foreign Land follows four individuals over the course of a volatile Ukrainian winter, as their lives are forever changed by the Euromaidan protests. Katya is an Ukrainian-American doctor stationed at a makeshift medical clinic in St. Michael’s Monastery; Misha is an engineer originally from Pripyat, who has lived in Kyiv since his wife’s death from radiation sickness; Slava is a fiery young activist whose past hardships steel her determination in the face of persecution; and Aleksandr Ivanovich, a former KGB agent who climbs atop a burned-out police bus at Independence Square and plays the piano.

As Katya, Misha, Slava, and Aleksandr’s lives become intertwined, they each seek their own solace during an especially tumultuous and violent period. The story is also told by a chorus of voices that incorporates folklore and narrates a turbulent Slavic history.

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May's Book: James by Percival Everett​​

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Previous Books

Venues

W. B. Samson: Gamle Ringeriksvei 38, 1357 Bekkestua

Bocca: Gamle Ringeriksvei 34, 1357 Bekkestua

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Gamle Ringeriksvei 53,
1357 - Bekkestua
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