{"id":3321,"date":"2012-06-07T09:16:18","date_gmt":"2012-06-07T13:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/julijasukys.com\/?p=3321"},"modified":"2012-06-07T09:17:55","modified_gmt":"2012-06-07T13:17:55","slug":"montreal-book-launch-june-7-2012-500-700-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/julijasukys.com\/?p=3321","title":{"rendered":"Montreal Book Launch: June 7, 2012 (5:00-7:00 pm)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/julijasukys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/EpistolophiliaCover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2295\" title=\"EpistolophiliaCover\" src=\"https:\/\/julijasukys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/EpistolophiliaCover-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/julijasukys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/EpistolophiliaCover-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/julijasukys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/EpistolophiliaCover-662x1024.jpg 662w, https:\/\/julijasukys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/EpistolophiliaCover.jpg 825w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Book Launch for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nebraskapress.unl.edu\/product\/Epistolophilia,674947.aspx\">Epistolophilia: Writing the Life of Ona \u0160imait\u0117 by Julija \u0160ukys<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paragraphbooks.com\/\"><strong>Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>June 7, 2012. 5:00-7:00 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2220 McGill College Avenue,\u2028 Montreal, QC H3A3P9<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Come one, come all! There will be jazz, nibbles and wine!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please join Montreal writer Julija \u0160ukys for the launch of her new book\u00a0<em>Epistolophilia: Writing the Life of Ona \u0160imait\u0117<\/em>. \u0160imait\u0117 (1894-1970) carefully collected, preserved, and archived the written record of her life, including thousands of letters and scores of diaries.\u00a0<em>Epistolophilia <\/em>beckons back to life this quiet and worldly heroine, a giant of Holocaust history (one of Yad Vashem\u2019s honoured Righteous Among the Nations) and yet so little known.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Praise for <em>Epistolophilia<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSukys draws liberally from thousands of pages of correspondence and numerous diaries to create a portrait of a deeply thoughtful woman trying to make sense of history and her own life by putting it all to paper. Also of Lithuanian descent, Sukys\u2019s own meditations on the power of letters and writing make this a powerful testament to the confluence of history and individual lives and passions.\u201d\u2014<em>Publishers Weekly<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Epistolophilia <\/em>is not a typical biography, and \u0160imait\u0117 was not a typical World War II hero. For readers looking for an unconventional account of the World War II and post-war eras, as well as those interested in women\u2019s life writing,<em>Epistolophilia <\/em>is a nuanced and compelling work.\u201d\u2014<em>ForeWord Reviews<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/button100x23.png\" style=\"border:0px; width:100; height: 23; \" alt=\"Share Button\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Reddit\",\"Print\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"Montreal%20Book%20Launch%3A%20June%207%2C%202012%20%285%3A00-7%3A00%20pm%29\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Book Launch for Epistolophilia: Writing the Life of Ona \u0160imait\u0117 by Julija \u0160ukys Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore June 7, 2012. 5:00-7:00 pm 2220 McGill College Avenue,\u2028 Montreal, QC H3A3P9 Come one, come all! 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