Book Discussion Sept 4 - 6pm - Montrose Library - downstairs - THE ROAD by Cormac McCarthy
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We'll be meeting next week, Thursday Sept 4th at Freed-Montrose
Library at 6 pm in the downstairs conference room to discuss THE ROAD
by Cormac McCarthy. Susan will be leading the discussion. I'm
looking forward to seeing everyone. Have a great Labor Day. weekend.
--Alice
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UPCOMING SELECTIONS
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-- Sept 4, 2008 THE ROAD by Cormac McCarthy (publ 2006) 256 pages
Pulitzer Prize winner, an Oprah Book Club Selection.
A post-apocalyptic tale describing a journey taken by a father and his
young son over a period of several months across a landscape blasted
years before by an unnamed cataclysm that destroyed civilization and,
seemingly, most life on earth. They have nothing; just a pistol to
defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the
clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food — and each other.
Possible discussion questions at:
http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307...
--Susan will lead discussion
-- Oct 2, 2008 ELLEN FOSTER by Kaye Gibbons
Selected by the Houston Public Library
Set in the rural South in the 1970s, the story of 11-year-old Ellen's
fight for survival and search for a home. Since 2002 Houston Public
Library has hosted an annual community-wide project to foster a
culture of reading by encouraging people to come together to discuss a
selected book. Go to http://www.houstonlibrary.org/booksonthebayou/
for more info.
-- Nov 6, 2008 CATCH 22 by Joseph Heller (publ 1961) 464 pages
The novel, set during the later stages of World War II from 1943
onwards, is frequently cited as one of the great literary works of the
Twentieth century.
Classic novel of wartime madness. Story is a general critique of
bureaucratic operation and reasoning, among other things. Joseph
Heller's brilliance lies in his ability to exaggerate an issue, idea
or element of society so perfectly that we see it for just how foolish
it is.
--Wendy will lead discussion
Note: At end of November discussion, group will consider election of a
play from available Houston theatre schedules - (classic preferred,
excluding musicals for now) --hopefully one performed somewhere in
Houston in March. Play to be discussed at our March 6th meeting so
play needs to be one where text is available.
-- Dec 4, 2008 TROPIC OF CANCER by Henry Miller (publ 1934)
The Modern Library named it the 50th greatest book of the 20th century.
Only a historic court ruling that changed American censorship
standards permitted its publication. Famed mixture of memoir and
fiction, which chronicles with unapologetic gusto the life and sexual
adventures of a young expatriate writer, his friends, and the
characters they meet in Paris in the 1930s.
--Susan will lead discussion
Note: At end of discussion, group will vote on new titles for upcoming
reading list..
-- Jan 1, 2009 No discussion this month because of holiday. This
should give you more time for extra long book to be discussed in
February.
-- Feb 5, 2009 MIDDLESEX by Jeffrey Eugenides (publ 2002) 544 pages
2003 Pulitzer Prize winner, 2007 Oprah Book Club selection
The narrator and protagonist, an intersexed person has
5-alpha-reductase deficiency. The bulk of the novel is devoted to
telling his coming-of-age story growing up in Detroit, Michigan in the
late 20th century. ...story is intertwined with elements of a family
saga, meditations on the era's zeitgeist and bits of contemporary
history. Possible discussion questions at
http://www.bookbrowse.com/reading_guides/detail/index.cfm?book_number...
-- Marcella will lead discussion