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The members of the European Union of National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC) in Toronto are pleased to announce their 2016 European Book Club Series “In Other Words.” The European Book Club has moved its meeting location to Type Books, an independent bookstore located on Queen Street West.

February 24: Goethe-Institut: Who is Martha? by Marjana Gaponenko

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In this rollicking novel, 96-year-old ornithologist Luka Levadski foregoes treatment for lung cancer and moves from Ukraine to Vienna to make a grand exit in a luxury suite at the Hotel Imperial. He reflects on his past while indulging in Viennese cakes and savoring music in a gilded concert hall. Marjana Gaponenko was born in 1981 in Odessa, Ukraine. She fell in love with the German language as a young girl, and began writing in German when she was sixteen.

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