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SUMMARY:Philippe Collin in Conversation with Philippe Sands at the French Institute\, London
DESCRIPTION:The French Institute is delighted to welcome Philippe Collin for the English-language launch of his debut novel\, The Barman of the Ritz\, in conversation with the writer and international lawyer Philippe Sands. \n  \nParis\, June 1940. The Germans march in and a curfew falls across the city\, but the bar of the Ritz stays open. German officers arrive for a taste of French refinement and rub shoulders with the Parisian elite\, while behind the counter stands Frank Meier\, the hotel’s barman. Meier serves them\, wins their trust and buys a measure of safety for himself and for those close to him\, all while hiding a secret that would cost him his life: he is Jewish. \n  \nBased on the real story of the Ritz’s barman\, who counted Fitzgerald and Hemingway among his customers before the war\, the novel follows four years of occupation in which collaborators and resistance fighters cross paths in the same room\, each convinced they are defending their own idea of civilisation. \n  \nIt is a question Philippe Sands has spent his own career pursuing\, most recently in 38 Londres Street\, which follows a Nazi fugitive who escaped justice. The two writers return\, in very different forms\, to the same ground: how people answer for the choices they make under\, and after\, a criminal regime. \n  \nThe Barman of the Ritz (Le Barman du Ritz\, Albin Michel\, 2024) is translated from the French by Frank Wynne and published in the UK by Doubleday on 20 August 2026 \n  \nCopies will be available to buy on the night\, courtesy of Librairie La Page.
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/philippe-collin-in-conversation-with-philippe-sands-at-the-french-institute-london/
LOCATION:Institut français\, London\, 17 Queensbery Pl\, Kensington\, SW7 2DT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Literature,Talks
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SUMMARY:María Casares and Albert Camus\, Letters at The French Institute
DESCRIPTION:“You and I met and fell in love passionately\, impatiently\, dangerously. I regret nothing and I feel that these last days I’ve lived are enough to justify a life”. – Albert Camus to María Casares\, 1 July 1944\n\nMaría Casares\, a Spanish-born French actress and one of the most distinguished stars of the French stage and cinema\, who appeared in such classics as Marcel Carné’s Children of Paradise or Jean Cocteau’s Orpheus and Testament of Orpheus\, had a tumultuous affair with Nobel Prize in Literature and celebrated author Albert Camus. Get immersed in the passionate love story of two artists devoted to their craft\, through a selection of the letters they exchanged in a staged reading led by actress Greta Scacchi.
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/maria-casares-and-albert-camus-letters-at-the-french-institute/
LOCATION:Institut français\, London\, 17 Queensbery Pl\, Kensington\, SW7 2DT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Literature,Theatre & Dance
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