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Backstory is the story behind the story—where the protagonists have been, what they've experienced, why they are where they are. It’s the literary ingredient that thickens the plot and enlivens the narrative. It's how we get to know—and connect with—a book's characters.
But [backstory] isn't just for books.
Unearthing others' backstories is one of the best parts of living a life abroad: What brought you here? And maybe as importantly, what’s kept you here?
[backstory] bookshop is where you can get to know—and connect with—characters, both on and off the page. It's the inclusive, community-centered space where swerving paths, bold decisions, and happy accidents can intersect.
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Critical Readings Book Club
Backstory English Bookshop, C/ de Mallorca, 330, Barcelona, ESThis new book club approaches foundational texts that have shaped the past three centuries through a cross-disciplinary reading series that invites us to engage with the questions of our present.
Each session pairs one of these works with a strictly contemporary text (as an optional reading), creating a dialogue in which the past becomes a lens for thinking the present, and vice versa.
No academic background is required; curiosity and openness are all you need.
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This month we will be reading Sigmund Freud's Civilization and Its Discontents. Paired with Byung-Chul Han's The Burnout Society.Hosted by Josefina Alippi
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