On November 16 we will discuss the book: No Country For Old Men, by Cormac McCarthy. A lot of information can be found on the Official Web Site of the Cormac McCarthy Society. Including his biography, discriptions of his books, and more. There are several reviews to be found of the book, including the New York Times, The Guardian, etc. These links are provided by metacritic.com.
BOOK TO FILM: No Country For Old Men
We have a special Book to Film treat to offer in addition to the book discussion in the month of December. We will have a viewing and discussion on the film No Country For Old Men on December 14. Elaine Wertheim will show and lead the discussion of the film starting at 6:30. To prepare yourselves, here are a few links to film reviews:
Rolling Stone
New York Times
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
What we are reading for October
The October book is Map of Home by Randa Jarrar. What I really like about choosing books for the book group, is finding books that people may never hear about, that are contemporary, and which deal with issues of our time. Randa Jarrar is a novelist and translater who grew up in Kuwait and Egypt. Her novel Map of Home won the Arab American Book Award in 2009.
Some of the books I have chosen lately are by authors who have their own web sites. In most cases these are very young authors, but not always. I find this ability for artists to promote themselves and their work exciting and very interesting; it provides a view into the author that we might not have had before. For instance Ms. Jarrar's web site includes a link to a review of her book. The reviewing source is a blog called Electronic Intefada which "is a not-for-profit, independent publication committed to comprehensive public education on the question of Palestine, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the economic, political, legal, and human dimensions of Israel's 40-year occupation of Palestinian territories."
Some of the books I have chosen lately are by authors who have their own web sites. In most cases these are very young authors, but not always. I find this ability for artists to promote themselves and their work exciting and very interesting; it provides a view into the author that we might not have had before. For instance Ms. Jarrar's web site includes a link to a review of her book. The reviewing source is a blog called Electronic Intefada which "is a not-for-profit, independent publication committed to comprehensive public education on the question of Palestine, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the economic, political, legal, and human dimensions of Israel's 40-year occupation of Palestinian territories."
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