The Novel of the Century: The Extraordinary Adventure of Les Misérables

Join the celebrated author and translator David Bellos in honoring the release of his magnificent The Novel of the Century: The Extraordinary Adventure of Les Misérables. Casting decades of scholarship into accessible narrative form, Bellos brings to life the extraordinary story of how Victor Hugo managed to write his novel of the downtrodden despite a revolution, a coup d’état, and political exile; how he pulled off a path-breaking deal to get it published; and how his approach to the “social question” would define his era’s moral imagination. More than an ode to Hugo’s masterpiece, The Novel of the Century also shows that what Les Misérables has to say about poverty, history, and revolution is full of meaning today.

In conversation with journalist, author, and translator Liesl Schillinger.
In English. Free and open to the public. No RSVP necessary.











When: Thu., Apr. 20, 2017 at 7:00 pm
Where: Albertine
972 Fifth Ave.
332-228-2238
Price: Free
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Join the celebrated author and translator David Bellos in honoring the release of his magnificent The Novel of the Century: The Extraordinary Adventure of Les Misérables. Casting decades of scholarship into accessible narrative form, Bellos brings to life the extraordinary story of how Victor Hugo managed to write his novel of the downtrodden despite a revolution, a coup d’état, and political exile; how he pulled off a path-breaking deal to get it published; and how his approach to the “social question” would define his era’s moral imagination. More than an ode to Hugo’s masterpiece, The Novel of the Century also shows that what Les Misérables has to say about poverty, history, and revolution is full of meaning today.

In conversation with journalist, author, and translator Liesl Schillinger.
In English. Free and open to the public. No RSVP necessary.

Buy tickets/get more info now