{"id":3325,"date":"2013-08-18T18:35:40","date_gmt":"2013-08-18T23:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/?p=3325"},"modified":"2015-03-02T23:15:11","modified_gmt":"2015-03-03T04:15:11","slug":"event-announcement-a-reading-and-conversation-with-polish-author-grazyna-plebanek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/2013\/08\/18\/event-announcement-a-reading-and-conversation-with-polish-author-grazyna-plebanek\/","title":{"rendered":"A Reading and Conversation with Polish Author Gra\u017cyna Plebanek (11\/06\/13)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Join us on <strong>Wednesday, November 6<\/strong>, for a reading and conversation with Polish author <strong>Gra\u017cyna Plebanek<\/strong> and a celebration of the publication by New Europe Books of <em>Illegal Liasons<\/em> (<em>Nielegalne zwi\u0105zki, <\/em>2010). <em><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A passionate novel of unstoppable physical obsession amongst a group of Brussels eurocrats, <em>Illegal Liaisons<\/em> offers a fascinating insight into the first Polish generation that is truly \u2018free\u2019, but struggle to know where the boundaries of that freedom lie.\u2014Stork Press<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Aspiring writer Jonathan puts his career on hold to follow his wife to Brussels, but finds himself drawn into an affair with the beautiful yet elusive Andrea. What follows is a tormenting battle between conscience and desire. Complex and compelling, <em>Illegal Liaisons<\/em> is a penetrating work of erotic imagination and a chilling portrait of the nature of love.\u2014New Europe Books<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A literary sensation in Poland, it is Plebanek\u2019s first novel to be translated into English.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/european\/files\/2013\/08\/GP-IL650-e1380984711305.jpg\" alt=\"GP-IL650\" title=\"GP-IL650\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3677\" width=\"560\" height=\"368\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Wednesday, November 6, 2013<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> <em>6\u20137:30 p.m.<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>Barristers Hall, Boston University Law School, 765 Commonwealth Avenue, 1st Floor<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> <em> Free and open to the public | Reception and book-signing to follow<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Plebanek is also the author of the highly acclaimed and best-selling novels\u00a0<em><em>Pude\u0142ko ze szpilkami<\/em> <\/em>(<em>Box of Stilettos<\/em>, 2002), <em>Dziewczyny z Portofino <\/em>(<em>Girls from Portofino<\/em>, 2005), and <em>Przystupa <\/em>(<em>A Girl Called Przystupa<\/em>, 2007). In 2011 she was awarded the Literary Prize Zlote Sowy for her contribution to promoting Poland abroad. Plebanek is among a group of international artists whose portraits will be exhibited in Brussels Gare del\u2019Ouest for the next 10 years. She lives in Brussels, Belgium.<\/p>\n<p><em>This event takes place as part of our European Voices series\u2014an ongoing series of conversations with artists and writers, activists and intellectuals exploring questions at the intersection of politics and culture. Cosponsored by the literary journal <\/em>AGNI<em>. Funded in part by the European Commission Delegation in Washington, DC.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us on Wednesday, November 6, for a reading and conversation with Polish author Gra\u017cyna Plebanek and a celebration of the publication by New Europe Books of Illegal Liasons (Nielegalne zwi\u0105zki, 2010). A passionate novel of unstoppable physical obsession amongst a group of Brussels eurocrats, Illegal Liaisons offers a fascinating insight into the first Polish [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5329,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[213],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3325"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5329"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3325"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6494,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3325\/revisions\/6494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}