BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20250428T233000Z DTEND:20250429T003000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:33 Place Brugmann: An Evening with Alice Austen DESCRIPTION:The Book Stall welcomes Alice Austen to the store on Monday\, April 28 at 6:30 pm for a discussion featuring her debut novel\, 33 Place Bruggman\, a love story\, mystery\, and philosophical puzzle\, told in the singular voices of the residents of a Beaux Arts apartment house in Belgium during World War II. On the eve of the occupation\, in the heart of Brussels\, life for the residents of eight apartments at 33 Place Brugmann is about to change forever. A propulsive and exquisitely written tour de force\, 33 Place Brugmann champions the restorative power of love\, courage\, and art in times of great threat.\n\n \n\nThis event is free with registration. To register\, please CLICK HERE. \n\n \n\nMore About the Book: Charlotte Sauvin\, an art student raised by her beloved architect father in apartment 4L\, knows all the details of the building and its people: how light falls on wood floors and voices echo off the marble staircase\, the distinct knock of her dear friend\, Julian Rapha l\, the son of the art dealer's family across the hall. Then the Rapha ls disappear\, leaving everything behind but their priceless art collection\, which has simply vanished.\n\n \n\nAll else that's familiar fractures when whispers of German occupation become reality\, and the lives of the residents grow increasingly intertwined. Charlotte's godmother Masha\, a beautiful seamstress living upstairs\, deepens her risky affair with a wartime compatriot of Colonel Warlemont in 3L a man far more calculating than his neighbors believe. When a Nazi functionary with an interest in the Rapha ls moves into the building\, knowing who can and cannot be trusted becomes a matter of life and death.\n\n \n\nIn the face of their perilous new reality\, every member of this accidental community will discover they are not the person they believed themself to be. When confronted with a cruel choice submit to the regime or risk their lives to save one another each learns the truth about what\, and who\, matters to them the most.\n\n \n\nNew York Times bestselling author Ann Patchett says\, "Alice Austen uses her considerable gifts to remind us that the past and the present are more connected than we wish to believe\, and that vigilance\, loyalty and art hold the key to survival. This is a beautiful and deeply engaging novel." \n\n \n\nMore About the Author: Alice Austen won the John Cassavetes Award for her debut film Give Me Liberty (writer/producer). She is a past resident of the Royal Court Theatre and her internationally produced plays include Animal Farm (Steppenwolf Theatre)\, Water\, Cherry Orchard Massacre\, and Girls in the Boat (Dramatic Publishing). She studied creative writing under Seamus Heaney at Harvard\, where she received her JD\, after which she moved to Brussels and lived on Place Brugmann. Austen currently lives in Milwaukee and is working on a new film and her next novel. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The Book Stall \;welcomes \;Alice Austen \;to the store on Monday\, April 28 at 6:30 pm for a discussion featuring her debut novel\, \;33 Place Bruggman\, \;a love story\, mystery\, and philosophical puzzle\, told in the singular voices of the residents of a Beaux Arts apartment house in Belgium during World War II. \;On the eve of the occupation\, in the heart of Brussels\, life for the residents of eight apartments at 33 Place Brugmann is about to change forever. \;A propulsive and exquisitely written tour de force\, \;33 Place Brugmann \;champions the restorative power of love\, courage\, and art in times of great threat.
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\nThis event is free with registration. To register\, please \;CLICK HERE. \;
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\nMore About the Book: \;Charlotte Sauvin\, an art student raised by her beloved architect father in apartment 4L\, knows all the details of the building and its people: how light falls on wood floors and voices echo off the marble staircase\, the distinct knock of her dear friend\, Julian Raphaë\;l\, the son of the art dealer&rsquo\;s family across the hall. Then the Raphaë\;ls disappear\, leaving everything behind but their priceless art collection\, which has simply vanished.
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\nAll else that&rsquo\;s familiar fractures when whispers of German occupation become reality\, and the lives of the residents grow increasingly intertwined. Charlotte&rsquo\;s godmother Masha\, a beautiful seamstress living upstairs\, deepens her risky affair with a wartime compatriot of Colonel Warlemont in 3L&mdash\;a man far more calculating than his neighbors believe. When a Nazi functionary with an interest in the Raphaë\;ls moves into the building\, knowing who can and cannot be trusted becomes a matter of life and death.
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\nIn the face of their perilous new reality\, every member of this accidental community will discover they are not the person they believed themself to be. When confronted with a cruel choice&mdash\;submit to the regime or risk their lives to save one another&mdash\;each learns the truth about what\, and who\, matters to them the most.
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\nNew York Times \;bestselling author \;Ann Patchett says\, "\;Alice Austen uses her considerable gifts to remind us that the past and the present are more connected than we wish to believe\, and that vigilance\, loyalty and art hold the key to survival. This is a beautiful and deeply engaging novel."\; \;
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\nMore About the Author: \;Alice Austen \;won the John Cassavetes Award for her debut film \;Give Me Liberty \;(writer/producer). She is a past resident of the Royal Court Theatre and her internationally produced plays include \;Animal Farm \;(Steppenwolf Theatre)\, \;Water\, \;Cherry Orchard Massacre\, and \;Girls in the Boat \;(Dramatic Publishing). She studied creative writing under Seamus Heaney at Harvard\, where she received her JD\, after which she moved to Brussels and lived on Place Brugmann. Austen currently lives in Milwaukee and is working on a new film and her next novel.
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