Purpose: To read fictional books that meet the following criterion:
Foreign author, foreign setting
Foreign author making observations about US setting
US author going to a foreign place
A couple of non-fiction works are OK also.
In 2010, we will be reading:
February 24 - On Chesil Beach - Ian McEwan
February 24 - On Chesil Beach - Ian McEwan
March 24 - The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
April 21 - Gourmet Rhapsody – Muriel Barbery
May 19 - The Elegance of the Hedgehog – Muriel Barbery
June 16 - My Name is Red – Orhan Pamuk
July 21 - The Peppered Moth - Margaret Drabble
August 18 - Elizabeth Costello - J M Coetzee
September 15 - Persistence of Memory – Tony Eprile
and Book Nominations
October 20 - The God Of Small Things - Arundhati Roy
November 17 - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
December - no meeting
Early 2011 Selections
January 19 - After Leaving Mr. McKenzie - Jean Rhys
February 16 - The White Tiger – Aravind Adiga
March 16 - The Heat of the Day – Elizabeth Bowen
April 20 - Through Black Spruce – Joseph Boyden
Click here for past choices.
We meet at the Blue Cypress Books at 5:30 p.m. to discuss the novel.
Map to: 8126 Oak Street - New Orleans, LA 70118
NEW MEMBERS and Out-of- Town VISITORS ALWAYS WELCOME.
Contact Isabel at 504 975 5064 or workingwords100@yahoo.com for details.
No attendance records are ever kept, so if LIFE gets in the way, it's ok. If a book doesn't interest you, you aren't obligated to attend the meeting.
We meet at the Blue Cypress Books at 5:30 p.m. to discuss the novel.
Map to: 8126 Oak Street - New Orleans, LA 70118
NEW MEMBERS and Out-of- Town VISITORS ALWAYS WELCOME.
Contact Isabel at 504 975 5064 or workingwords100@yahoo.com for details.
No attendance records are ever kept, so if LIFE gets in the way, it's ok. If a book doesn't interest you, you aren't obligated to attend the meeting.
10 comments:
I can't help but ask, since I am Canadian, if you have ever considered reading Through Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden. He is a Canadian, part Metis, but spends half the year living and teaching in New Orleans -- for the rest, he returns to Northern Ontario. His novels (Through Black Spruce is book two in a projected trilogy but they don't have to be read in order -- Three Day Road is the first) are set in Moose Factory (and then move on -- to Toronto and Manhattan in one book, to the fields of World War I in the other). Through Black Spruce did win the Giller Prize, Canada's best fiction award, in 2008 and is a very good book.
I volunteer for One Book, One New Orleans, a literacy project.
I have already suggested Boyden's book.
I am going to argue that even though the books is not set in New Orleans, it's imperative to support our authors.
Plus, I don't want to read any more Katrina-related books, besides the ones I already have on my bookcase. I still see the damage everyday as I drive through various neighborhoods (although there is new construction or renovations here and there).
I'll comment about my nominations next week, after going to the first One Book meeting.
Don't know if you saw this dovegreyreader post about Boyden and his lecture at the University of Alberta --
http://dovegreyreader.typepad.com/dovegreyreader_scribbles/2009/01/joseph-boyden.html --
Once she finishes saying nice things about me, you'll note that Boyden did talk about some of the similarities between Louisiana and Northern Ontario where he sets his stories -- may be some arguments there that you could use when you nominate his book and I am sure either U of A or NeWest Press would be happy to send a copy of the lecture if they knew Boyden's work was being read in New Orleans. I'll admit I haven't read the lecture even though I live in Alberta, albeit in Calgary, not Edmonton where U of A is.
Sorry, the column width ate up the link -- if you go to her blog
http://dovegreyreader.typepad.com/ -- it is about four or five posts down.
Thanks for the heads up on the lecture. It will support my views!
Let's see what the rest say.
You've got hearty readings in the list. I've been wanting to read Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides but haven't found the right mood. Why don't we have something so awesome like this in San Francisco?
Matt, I started this club in New Orleans! You can start one also, if you are staying in SF for awhile.
When I lived in Dallas (and where I met BookGirl), we belonged to the same reading group!
When I got back to New Orleans, there was nothing similar. I was being bored.
After the Katrina, I went to a couple of bookstores, asking if I could start the club, as a way to promote business. DeVille's accepted and now we are on our 3rd season!
Hi all. I figured I would find some book readers here. I will be signing (and reading, if we get enough people at one time) from my newly released book Columbine: A True Crime Story at the Borders on Saint Charles Wednesday June 24, 2009 at 3 p.m. My book tour has included stops at the sites of four school shootings. Below is the link to the national press release. Thanks much. Hope to see you there, and discuss.
Jeff Kass
http://sev.prnewswire.com/publishing-information-services/20090609/LA2937209062009-1.html
Hi, I am an Author born and raised in New Orleans, La. I have a brand new book called The Love of a Good Man. I would absoulute love it if you guys would check it out. It is available at barnesandnoble.com, amazon.com and www.mykishamac.com I am also in the mist of arranging a book signing at Blue Cypress Books on Oak Street. For more info please feel free to email me at mykishamac@hotmail.com
Thanks in advance!
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