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Book Group
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At the suggestion of the Study
Committee, a book group is forming that will meet periodically to discuss "great
books." All readers are welcome. Below is the list of books along with the date
we'll gather to discuss them. |
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The
Screwtape Letters
by C.S. Lewis
"A masterpiece of satire, this classic has
entertained and enlightened readers the world over with its sly and
ironic portrayal of human life from the vantage point of Screwtape, a
highly placed assistant to 'Our Father Below.' At once wildly comic,
deadly serious, and strikingly original, C.S. Lewis gives us the
correspondence of the worldly-wise old devil to his nephew Wormwood, a
novice demon in charge of securing the damnation of an ordinary young
man. The Screwtape Letters is the most engaging and humorous account of
temptation -- and triumph over it -- ever written."
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Life of Pi
by Yann Martel"Pi Patel, a
God-loving boy and the son of a zookeeper, has a fervent love of stories
and practices not only his native Hinduism, but also Christianity and
Islam. When Pi is sixteen, his family and their zoo animals emigrate
from India to North America aboard a Japanese cargo ship. Alas, the ship
sinks – and Pi finds himself in a lifeboat, his only companions a hyena,
an orangutan, a wounded zebra, and a 450-pound Bengal tiger. Soon the
tiger has dispatched all but Pi. Can Pi and the tiger find their way to
land? Can Pi’s fear, knowledge, and cunning keep him alive until they
do?" (from the back cover)
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Pilgrim
at Tinker Creek
by Annie DillardAnnie Dillard’s
Pulitzer Prize-winning book is a record of the seasons in Virginia and
meditations by a writer who describes herself as "a poet and a walker
with a background in theology and a penchant for quirky facts."
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek is listed among the 100 Best Spiritual Books
of the Twentieth Century.
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A Good Man Is Hard To
Find
by Flannery O'Connor"Flannery O'Connor
(1925-1964) is considered one of the foremost short story writers in
American literature. An anomaly among post-World War II authors -- a
Roman Catholic from the Bible-belt South whose stated purpose was to
reveal the mystery of God's grace in everyday life -- she received
several awards for her writing, which also includes novels, criticism,
and letters." (from the book jacket)
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The Bonfire of the Vanities
by Tom Wolfe |
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Reading Lolita in Tehran
by Azar NafisiThis is "a memoir about teaching Western literature in revolutionary
Iran, with profound and fascinating insights into both. A masterpiece," says Bernard
Lewis, bestselling author of The Crisis of Islam.
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The Corner: A Year in the Life of an
Inner-City Neighborhood
by David Simon and Edward BurnsThe New York Times Book Review called this
book, "a brave, unblinkered, and heartbreaking look at the residents of a few blocks
of West Baltimore's ghetto."
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
by Harriet Beecher Stowe |
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Cry, The Beloved Country
by Alan PatonSome consider it to be the most famous and important novel in South
Africa’s history. An immediate worldwide bestseller when it was published in 1948, it
is the deeply moving story of the Zulu pastor Stephen Kumalo and his son Absalom, set
against the background of a land and a people riven by racial injustice.
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