A literary colloquy will begin Feb. 11 to discuss "Magdalena the Sinner" by Lilian Faschinger. The main themes of the discussions will be "crime, adventure or horror novel 'murder by murder' in several installments," according to UT Media Relations.

The weekly meetings will be held every Monday from 12:20–1:10 p.m. in the Great Room of the International House.

The colloquy is being sponsored by the Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures, German Studies Program, International House and Ready for the World Initiative.

The books will be provided free of charge at the first meeting on Feb. 11.

Lilian Faschinger is an Austrian novelist. Her first novel "Selbstauslöser: Lyrik und Kurzprosa" was published in 1983. She has since written three novels, two radio plays, two short-story collections, a book of poetry and several translations, according to the PEN American Center Web site. The author will be making a trip to Knoxville in late April.

The novel being read by colloquy group,  "represents a return to the Baroque fantasies of her earlier novels as a spirited heroine kidnaps a priest on Whit Sunday in order to confess to him that she has murdered seven men when none proved able to fulfill her longing for a lasting and satisfying relationship," according to Dickinson College Web site.

More information about the colloquy can be found at the UT Events Web site.