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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
7:00 PM -
As far as romance goes, Dr. Jakob Sammelsohn is fairly incurable. Twice married, once divorced, once widowed, he flees his small village and his pious father all by the age of twelve. Young Dr. Sammelsohn is a lovelorn Candide wandering optimistically through modern history. Along the way, the amorous ghost of his wife—whom he abandoned on their wedding day—pursues and haunts him. A Curable Romantic is a novel of personal and historical exile that is often fantastical yet always grounded in tradition and history.
Joseph Skibell is the author of A Blessing on the Moon. He teaches at Emory University and is the director of the Richard Ellmann Lectures in Modern Literature.
This lecture is held at Margaret Mitchell House in Midtown. Admission is $5 for members and $10 for nonmembers. Reservations are required for all lectures. For more information, visit MargaretMitchellHouse.com. To purchase tickets, please call 404.814.4150.
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