Argo Bookshop

Here at Argo we are trying to create a literary atmosphere. We are going to be hosting literary open mic nights in the hopes of finding some of Montreal’s hidden talent.

The first such evening will take place at the store beginning around 7. The night will be headlined by the Vehicule Press Poet Asa Boxer.

We hope to see you there.

 From publisher The New York Review of Books:

“The great Austrian writer Stefan Zweig was a master anatomist of the deceitful heart, and Beware of Pity, the only novel he published during his lifetime, uncovers the seed of selfishness within even the finest of feelings.

Hofmiller, an Austro-Hungarian cavalry officer stationed at the edge of the empire, is invited to a party at the home of a rich local landowner, a world away from the dreary routine of the barracks. The surroundings are glamorous, wine flows freely, and the exhilarated young Hofmiller asks his host’s lovely daughter for a dance, only to discover that sickness has left her painfully crippled. It is a minor blunder that will destroy his life, as pity and guilt gradually implicate him in a well-meaning but tragically wrongheaded plot to restore the unhappy invalid to health.”

Out of print until 2006, “Beware of Pity” is 25% off throughout the month. If you would like to reserve a copy for yourself or a friend, give us a call at (514) 931-3442.