{"product_id":"minoa-book-club-the-director","title":"Minoa Book Club - The Director","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Monday Evening, A Book, A Conversation…\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFebruary’s Minoa Book Club turns to \u003cstrong\u003eThe Director by Daniel Kehlmann\u003c\/strong\u003e, on \u003cstrong\u003eFebruary 15\u003c\/strong\u003e at \u003cstrong\u003eMinoa Pera,\u003c\/strong\u003e from \u003cstrong\u003e7:00 \u003c\/strong\u003eto \u003cstrong\u003e8:30 PM.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Director\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLonglisted for the 2025 International Booker Prize, Daniel Kehlmann’s The Director asks what happens when artistic ambition meets dictatorship—and how far an artist can compromise before compromise becomes complicity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Minoa Book Club:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSome books stay with us long after we turn the final page. And some become even richer when we talk about them together.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis season, we’ll meet once a month on Monday evenings (7:00–8:30 PM) at Minoa Pera to read, think, question, disagree, discover, and simply enjoy talking about good books.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur reading list takes us across countries, cultures, and very different ways of telling a story: from letters that reveal the hidden shape of a life to love and loneliness; from artificial intelligence and what it means to be human to the complexities of motherhood; from art under dictatorship to witch trials, martyrdom, identity, and the mysteries of performance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e15 February 2027 – The Director by Daniel Kehlmann\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e22 March 2027 – The Wax Child by Olga Ravn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e19 April 2027 – Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e24 May 2027 – Audition by Katie Kitamura\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou don’t need to be a literary expert. Bring the book, your curiosity, your questions, and perhaps a passage you loved, or hated. The best conversations often begin when we don’t all read the same book in quite the same way.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOnce a month. Monday evenings. Minoa Pera.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCome for the books; stay for the conversation.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMinoa Book Club is hosted by \u003cstrong\u003eDr. F. Zeynep Bilge.\u003c\/strong\u003e The event is held in\u003cstrong\u003e English.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTea and water will be served during the session and are included in the session price.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlease kindly note that \u003cstrong\u003ethe book is not included\u003c\/strong\u003e and can be purchased separately.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Minoa Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50276104306826,"sku":null,"price":1600.0,"currency_code":"TRY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0326\/6727\/1306\/files\/MinoaBookClub2026-5.png?v=1790245017","url":"https:\/\/minoa.com\/products\/minoa-book-club-the-director","provider":"Minoa Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}