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<p class=MsoNormal>Up-and-coming author <b>Alina Bronsky</b> will be reading from
her novel <i>Scherbenpark</i> this coming <b>Wednesday, 8 April 2009 at 2:30pm
in TC 2218</b>. The reading will be held in German and English. Her
novel, the story of a young Russian who living in Germany, has been described
as “funny and unsettling in equal measure” (WDR 5). This
reading will introduce you to a fresh new voice in European literature.
For more information, go to <a
href="http://www.germanicandslavic.uwaterloo.ca/documents/alina_bronsky-1.pdf">http://www.germanicandslavic.uwaterloo.ca/documents/alina_bronsky-1.pdf</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Have a nice day,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Skid <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>James M. Skidmore<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Chair of the Dept. of
Germanic & Slavic Studies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Faculty of Arts / University
of Waterloo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Waterloo, ON N2L
3G1 CANADA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>E | <a
href="mailto:skidmore@uwaterloo.ca">skidmore@uwaterloo.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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href="www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/~skidmore">www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/~skidmore</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>T | 519.888.4567, x33687<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>F | 519.746.5243<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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