Name: Women in Translation Book Club reads "Minor Detail" by Adania Shibli
Start: 2025-08-19T18:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-08-19T19:30:00-05:00
Location: 1620 Orrington Ave

Women in Translation Book Club reads "Minor Detail" by Adania Shibli

A book club curated for discerning readers of subversive, avant-garde literary fiction written by women.
About this Event

Welcome to Women In Translation (formerly Annotated), a Bookends & Beginnings book club! We focus on genre-bending, boundary-pushing fiction in bite-sized packages. All selected titles are translated works by women and are under 200 pages.

For Tuesday, August19, we will read Palestinian author Adania Shibli's searing novel , translated by Elisabeth Jaquette. This explosive novella follows a young woman obsessed with uncovering atrocities from the summer of 1949, laid over a retelling of the crimes themselves. In pairing these parallel narratives, Shibli powerfully evokes a present forever haunted by the past.

All book club attendees are required to purchase tickets through Eventbrite. You may buy the book or select the option to buy a certificate of the same value, to be redeemed on any in-store purchases on or before the event date. Certificates can be used on all in-store items except at the MiniBar.

This meeting will take place from 6:30 to 7:30 PM, with snacks and drinks at the bar from 6:00 to 6:30. WIT Book Club meetings are led by Molly, the Events and Marketing Coordinator at Bookends & Beginnings.