Post Type Archives: VBC Events

Martel’s name is likely familiar to many of you, especially because of his award-winning and best-selling novel Life of Pi, which was adapted into a film directed by Ang Lee. As the publisher’s description suggests, Son of Nobody is a work that moves fluidly between the past and present, history and legend, as it depicts a scholar’s quest […]

Biedermann was born in 2003 and has quickly become an international sensation, as Lázár has been translated into more than twenty-five languages. As we read in the publisher’s description, the novel evokes a bygone world of aristocratic lineage, set against a roiling historical backdrop of historical and cultural change: At the turn of the 20th century, the Lázárs […]

Choi’s novel has made many “best of the year” lists, including the 2025 Booker Prize Shortlist. It’s a sweeping generational saga that moves between the United States, Asia, and Europe, while exploring the cataclysmic political events that divided Korea in North and South. The publisher’s description highlights this intertwining of personal relations with broad historical forces: […]

Roth’s 1932 novel is a sumptuous recreation of the twilight of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Habsburg Monarchy on the cusp of World War I, as narrated through the generational saga of the Trottas, a prominent and aristocratic military family. As we read in the publisher’s description, a deep sense of nostalgia and historical rupture permeates […]

Kelhmann is considered one of the most important voices in world literature, and The Director has garnered considerable acclaim. It has been longlisted for the Booker Prize and selected as both a New York Times Top 10 Book of the Year and a Washington Post Notable Book. The Wall Street Journal described it as “nothing short of brilliant.” As we read in the […]