Great Books of the Iberian Worlds: The Short Story Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies, King’s College London & Canning House Academic members of staff from the Department of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies, King’s College London, invite you to join us in reading some of the great books from the Spanish and Portuguese speaking worlds. Our aim is to share our enthusiasm and passion for some of these great writers and, through approaching them with new readers, to be introduce to new perspectives. In this new series, we will concentrate on the short story, a genre that has produced some of the most wonderful writing across the Iberian worlds. The collections of short stories we will read are in either Spanish or Portuguese and in each case translation into English is available. WHERE: Room TBC, King’s Building, Strand Campus, King’s College London: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/campuslife/campuses/strand/Strand.aspx WHEN: Wednesdays from 18.30 – 20.30 Wednesday 2 October Dr Adriano Rabelo, Machado de Assis, ‘Delirious vision of Brás Cubas’. An extract from The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas Wednesday 16 October Dr Italia Boliver, Julio Cortázar, ‘Axolotl’ & ‘Casa tomada’ (both can be found in English in Blowup and other stories) Wednesday 30 October Dr Federico Bonaddio Jorge Luis Borges, Ficciones (Fictions, Penguin Books). We will concentrate on 'The Circular Ruins' and 'Funes, His Memory'. Wednesday 13 November Dr Daniel Muñoz Sempere, Manuel Rivas, ¿Qué me quieres, amor? / ´Vermeer’s Milkmaid and other Stories. We will concentrate on "Butterfly´s Tongue" and "What do you want with me, love?" Wednesday 20 November Dr Elisa Sampson Vera Tudela, Juan Rulfo, El llano en llamas / The Burning Plain: http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/books/rulbur.html. We will concentrate on : 'El llano en llamas' and 'No oyes ladrar los perros?'. Wednesday 4 December Dr Catarina Fouto, Mario de Sa-Carneiro: Lucio's Confession (transl. Margaret Jull Costa: Decadence from Dedalus) For more information about the course or how to register please visit http://www.canninghouse.org/events/book-tickets-reserve-your-place/event/53/Great-Books-of-theHispanic-and-Luso-Brazilian-Worlds Contact: [email protected] / 0207 811 5603