In November, the Albertine Book Club will discuss Jakuta Alikavazovic’s Like a Sky Inside, translated by Daniel Levin Becker, and published by Fern Books.

In March 2020, Jakuta Alikavazovic spends a night in the Louvre Museum. At home: her nine-month-old son. In her overnight bag: a notebook, a toiletry kit, a duvet, a cube of nougat, and something that shouldn’t be there. In her head: memories of the Venus de Milo, of land art and the American road, of romance, travel, immigration, war – and of her father, who after each of their many visits to the Louvre would ask just how she’d go about stealing the Mona Lisa.

Like A Sky Inside is an insightful and heartfelt meditation on the possibilities and impossibilities of art, on parenthood, the betrayals experienced in youth, on foreignness and belonging, and on the secret conversations between our souls and the places that linger in our dreams.

Albertine members are free to speak in English or in French, but a strong command of the French langage is recommended to attend. Moderated by the Albertine staff, the Albertine book club is open to Albertine members only. For more information on how to become an Albertine member, click here.