Book-cafe, 20 March (Tuesday) at 7pm – Leo Tolstoy, ‘The Kreutzer Sonata’.

The Russian Language Center invites you to the 'book-cafe' to discuss the novels or poems written by famous Russian writers. We speak and think together. That's why we propose you to get prepared to the meeting and to read a book in advance in ANY language you want. The idea is to get acquainted with the book 'from the inside'.

20 March (Tuesday) at 7pm  –  Leo Tolstoy, ‘The Kreutzer Sonata’. 

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The Kreutzer Sonata (Russian: Крейцерова соната, Kreitzerova Sonata) is a novella by Leo Tolstoy, published in 1889 and promptly censored by the Russian authorities. The work is an argument for the ideal of sexual abstinence and an in-depth first-person description of jealous rage. The main character, Pozdnyshev, relates the events leading up to his killing his wife; in his analysis, the root cause for the deed were the "animal excesses" and "swinish connection" governing the relation between the sexes.

The Kreutzer Sonata (Russian) http://ilibrary.ru/text/1009/index.html

The Kreutzer Sonata (English) Book On-line or download  http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/689 or http://www.ccel.org/t/tolstoy/kreutzer/

Admission is free, however please write to us (2teacher@rlc.hk) or call us (2598 8389) to book a seat.

VENUE: Unit 701, 7/F, Arion Commercial Building, No. 2-12, Queen's Road West, Sheung Wan,Hong Kong