{"id":5956138,"date":"2025-10-10T22:46:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T22:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/?post_type=app_event&#038;p=5956138"},"modified":"2025-12-01T17:22:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T17:22:15","slug":"an-evening-with-author-miguel-bonnefoy","status":"publish","type":"app_event","link":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/an-evening-with-author-miguel-bonnefoy\/","title":{"rendered":"An Evening with Author\u00a0Miguel Bonnefoy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After the program, guests are invited to a reception where they can enjoy a glass of wine and purchase a copy of <em>Le r\u00eave du jaguar<\/em>, thanks to the partnership with <strong>The Book Stall<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About the Book<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Le r\u00eave du jaguar<\/em> is a sweeping family saga set in <strong>France, Chile, and Venezuela<\/strong>. The novel follows the life of a man from Maracaibo, Venezuela, who rises from an orphaned beggar to a renowned surgeon. Through his journey, the story explores themes of <strong>family, resilience, and sexual violence<\/strong>, written in a lyrical style reminiscent of <strong>Gabriel Garc\u00eda M\u00e1rquez<\/strong>. The novel was awarded both the <strong>Prix Femina<\/strong> and the <strong>Grand Prix du Roman de l\u2019Acad\u00e9mie fran\u00e7aise<\/strong> in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About the Author<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Miguel Bonnefoy<\/strong> is a Franco-Venezuelan author whose work has received wide critical acclaim. Published by <strong>Rivages<\/strong>, his novels include <em>Le voyage d\u2019Octavio<\/em> (2015), <em>Sucre noir<\/em> (2017), <em>H\u00e9ritage<\/em> (2020, <strong>Prix des Libraires 2021<\/strong>), <em>L\u2019Inventeur<\/em> (2022, <strong>Prix Patrimoines<\/strong>), and <em>Le r\u00eave du jaguar<\/em> (<strong>Prix Femina<\/strong> and <strong>Grand Prix du Roman de l\u2019Acad\u00e9mie fran\u00e7aise<\/strong>). Bonnefoy\u2019s works have been translated into more than twenty languages and adapted into audiobooks as well as a graphic novel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5958061,"menu_order":0,"template":"","app_discipline":[511,213],"app_city_tax":[223],"app_event_type":[555,241],"class_list":["post-5956138","app_event","type-app_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","app_discipline-fiction","app_discipline-literature","app_city_tax-chi","app_event_type-book-signing","app_event_type-talk"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>An Evening with Author\u00a0Miguel Bonnefoy - Villa Albertine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Alliance Fran\u00e7aise de Chicago and Villa Albertine are honored to welcome author Miguel Bonnefoy for a reading of his latest novel, Le r\u00eave du jaguar, followed by a discussion about his work on Oct 22, 2025.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/an-evening-with-author-miguel-bonnefoy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"An Evening with Author\u00a0Miguel Bonnefoy - 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