This Thursday, Brooklyn Reading Works presents: Fiction x 3 with Sheila Kohler, Barbara Ensor and Martin Kleinman.

Renowned author Sheila Kohler will read from her novel of the French Revolution, Bluebird or the Invention of Happiness.

A radiant and artful novel based on the life of Lucy Dillon, an 18th-century French aristocrat. Her intelligence, beauty, and lack of pretension made Lucy a favorite of luminaries like Talleyrand and Germaine de Staël — and equipped her to survive the “Terror” that swept France in the wake of the Revolution. Possessed of considerable wit and practicality, Lucy manages to keep her beloved husband and small children safe while all her former circle, including King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette, are guillotined.

Barbara Ensor will read excerpts from her funny, modern twists on fairy tales, including Cinderella (As If You Didn’t Already Know the Story), Thumbalina; Tiny Runaway Bride, and Little Red Riding Hood.

Martin Kleinman will read from his new fiction.

Brooklyn Reading Works
The Old Stone House
Fifth Avenue and Third Street in Park Slope
info; 718-288-4290
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