The Czech/American Reading Circle
The Nebraska Czechs of Lincoln are proud to sponsor the Czech/American Reading Circle. Started in January, 2019, the Reading Circle shares significant books about, by, for, and important to, people of Czech Heritage.
Attendees are not required to have read the book being discussed, however, it helps to have some familiarity with it, and we encourage all participants to contribute any relevant information they may have.
Please join us! The circle meets the last Tuesday of each month (except December) at 6:15 pm central time
on ZOOM. Everyone is welcome.
Please contact the following or any Board Member for additional information and/or to get your Zoom Link.
Lois Shimerda Rood
on ZOOM. Everyone is welcome.
Please contact the following or any Board Member for additional information and/or to get your Zoom Link.
Lois Shimerda Rood
402-570-2333 lois@loisrood.com
Layne Pierce
402-770-5029 layne.pierce@yahoo.com
Mila Saskova-Pierce
402-770-4624 msaskova-pierce1@unl.edu
The Czech/American Reading Circle is continuing with its sixth year of reviewing great books.
Please join us the last Tuesday each month.
The Czech/American Reading Circle is continuing with its sixth year of reviewing great books.
Please join us the last Tuesday each month.
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Past Reading Circle Brochures:
Český čtenářský kroužek
SUMMARY:
Presentation: 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
NOTES:
THE ZOOM LINK
Our Zoom Link is the same for ALL of the Reading Circle Sessions.
The Trial (original German title: Der Process) is a novel written by Franz Kafka from 1914 to 1915 and published in 1925. One of his best-known works, it tells the story of a man arrested and prosecuted by a remote, inaccessible authority, with the nature of his crime revealed neither to him nor to the reader. Heavily influenced by Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov, Kafka even went so far as to call Dostoyevsky a blood relative. Like Kafka's other novels, The Trial was never completed, although it does include a chapter which brings the story to an end. After Kafka's death in 1924, his friend and literary executor Max Brid edited the text for publication by Vertag Die Schmiede. The original manuscript is held at the Museum of Modern Literature, Marbach am Neckar, Germany. The first English language translation, by Willa and Edwin Muir, was published in 1937. In 1999 the book was listed in Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century and as No. 2 of the Best German Novels of the Twentiety Century. (Source: Amazon.com)
OUR LEADER: M. Layne Pierce
Born and raised in Kansas, graduated from Emporia State University with a minor in Spanish, Layne is a veteran of the United States Army and a graduate of the Defense Language Institute in Monterrey, Callifornia, with an emphasis on Czech language. He holds Masters degrees in Library and Information Science from Emporia State and in German Languages and Literatures from the University of Kansas. Layne worked as a reference Librarian at Bellevue University and Reference and Community Outreach Librarian with the Lincoln (Nebraska) City Libraries. Layne has co-authored a Czech language textbook with Dr. Miluse Saskova-Pierce and taught Czech classes and tutored students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. At present he is retired from the library but continues to work as a Czech translator. He is currently translating František Vavák's 18th Century Chronicle together with Dr. Mila Saskova Pierce. He remains active in Nebraska Czech organizations. He is President of the Czech Language Foundation, which supports the teaching of Czech language and culture at the University of Nebraska. He is also among the leadership of the Czechs of Lincoln, the Nebraska Chapter of SVU, and the Czech and Slovak Education Center.
MEETING INFORMATION:
Join Zoom: 6:15 p.m.Presentation: 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
NOTES:
You do not need to read the book to attend.
Please share this information with anyone who would be interested.
Our Zoom Link is the same for ALL of the Reading Circle Sessions.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87384971615?pwd=anI0UXQ4T0I3Qk44RE16emhISGI5QT09
Please Join Us for our June Nebraska Czechs of Lincoln Reading Circle!
BOOK: The Trial
AUTHOR: Franz Kafka
LEADER: M. Layne Pierce
