10 November 2004
French embassy delivers 250 new titles to mobile library in Brest region
The French embassy has delivered some 250 titles of fiction to a mobile library jointly operated by the diplomatic mission and the regional library in Brest.
In addition, the diplomatic office has organized exhibitions of posters promoting the contemporary literature of France and French-speaking countries, Alexander Martinetti, the embassy's attache, told
BelaPAN.
Brest State University and two schools of general education will host exhibitions focusing on the life and creative activity of Victor Hugo and modern French theater. The new books will be available to Brest residents for three months. Some 100 people regularly borrow French titles from the mobile library. A representative of the embassy met with Brest youths on Tuesday to tout education opportunities offered by French schools of higher learning. Six French movies selected by the embassy will play in Brest's theater this week.
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