If you miss the insightful discussions of the classroom or just love to read, this is your chance to discover thought-provoking books and meet new people while learning from some of McGill’s favourite professors without tests, papers, or evaluations!

There is a registration fee of $15 per person for the semester which covers refreshments, room rentals, and other book club expenses. Book club members benefit from a 10% discount on all book club books at the University Bookstore.

BILINGUAL DISCUSSION with Isabelle Arseneau. Perceval: The Story of the Grail by Chrétien de Troyes (translation by Burton Raffel, Yale University Press, 1999, Pages 1-106) or Arthurian Romances (translation by D.D.R. Owen, Pages 375-495).

You are invited to read this novel in either the French version or in the English translation. The lecture will be presented in French, with a smaller portion in English.

One of the most influential storytellers in Western literature, French poet Chrétien de Troyes helped to shape the ever-fascinating legend of King Arthur and the Round Table. In Chrétien’s romance, "Perceval" progresses from a naive boyhood in rural seclusion to a position of high respect as a knight at Arthur’s court. With the help of two teachers - his mother and Gornemant of Goort - Perceval is ultimately able to reject the worldly adventures chosen by other knights and seek important moral and spiritual answers. (from "Yale University Press")

Le conte du Graal de Chrétien de Troyes (édition d’Alfons Hilka et traduction de Jean Dufournet, Flammarion, 1997).

Perceval vit à l’écart du monde, ignorant de tout, et même de son nom. Un jour dans la forêt, il croise, émerveillé, cinq chevaliers revêtus de leur armure et décide de rejoindre la cour du roi Arthur pour se faire à son tour armer chevalier. Ainsi débutent les aventures de Perceval qui affrontera cent ennemis, rencontrera l’amour et tentera de percer le mystère du Graal...(de Amazon.fr)