Book Group — July 11 at ICANA in Belgrano — 2 pm

Posted on June 18, 2017 by tq

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Please join us to discuss Salt by Mark Kurlansky. We welcome your presence whether you have read the book or not.

Our location for the second Tuesday of every month is ICANA, 3 de Febrero between Maure and Gorostiaga, Aula B in Sector Casa. Tell the guard you are with the BAIN Group.

A list of the books we are scheduled to read for the remainder of 2017 is below.
August Memories of a Marriage Louis Begley (206 pages)
September Regeneration Pat Barker (256 pages)
October The Sympathizer Viet Thanh Nguyen (384 pages)
November The Puttermesser Papers Cynthia Ozick (256 pages)
December Anything is Possible Elizabeth Strout (273 pages)

June Book Group — June 13 2 pm at ICANA in Belgrano

Posted on May 12, 2017 by tq

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Please join us to discuss Beside the Ocean of Time, by George Mackay Brown. We welcome your presence whether you have read the book or not.

Our new location for the second Tuesday of every month is ICANA, 3 de Febrero between Maure and Gorostiaga, Aula B in Sector Casa. Tell the guard you are with the BAIN Group.

A list of the books we are scheduled to read for the remainder of 2017 is below.
June–Beside the Ocean of Time–George Mackay Brown (208 pages)
July–Salt–Nayyirah Waheed (258 pages)
August–Memories of a Marriage–Louis Begley (206 pages)
September Regeneration Pat Barker (256 pages)
October The Sympathizer Viet Thanh Nguyen (384 pages)
November Puttermesser Papers Cynthia Ozick (256 pages)
December Anything is Possible Elizabeth Strout (273 pages)

Book Group — New Location — Tuesday, May 9, 2 pm

Posted on April 20, 2017 by tq

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Please join us to discuss My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante. See description below. We welcome your presence whether you have read the book or not.

Our new location for the second Tuesday of every month is ICANA, 3 de Febrero between Maure and Gorostiaga, Aula B in Sector Casa. Tell the guard you are with the BAIN Group. Once you enter the building walk all the way to the right until the very end of the corridor where the last stairs will take you upstairs to Aula B.

Goodreads says, My Brilliant Friend “is a modern masterpiece from one of Italy’s most acclaimed authors. It is a rich, intense, and generous-hearted story about two friends, Elena and Lila. Ferrante’s inimitable style lends itself perfectly to a meticulous portrait of these two women that is also the story of a nation and a touching meditation on the nature of friendship.”

Book Group — April 11 — 2 pm — Palermo

Posted on April 5, 2017 by tq

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On Tuesday, April 11 we will come together to discuss Nutshell, by Ian McEwan.

For details of the meeting address please contact Jim at jisaacs61@hotmail.com. The meeting will be at 2 pm in Palermo.

Please come if you like to discuss books, whether you have read this one or not. If you have a book you think we would enjoy reading together, please send your recommendations to tonilin@aol.com. The book must be available electronically in English (not necessarily written in English) and not much longer than 400 pages.

The book we will discuss in May is My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante. In general, the meetings will be held on the second Tuesday of the month.

Book Group — March 14, 1 pm, Libros del Pasaje

Posted on February 26, 2017 by tq

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On Tuesday, March 14 we will come together to discuss Disgrace. The meeting will be at 1 pm at Libros del Pasaje, Thames 1762, in Palermo. Please come if you like to discuss books, whether you have read this one or not. If you have a book you think we would enjoy reading together, please send your recommendations to tonilin@aol.com. The book must be available electronically in English (not necessarily composed in English) and not much longer than 400 pages.

Books for April and May are listed below. In general, the meetings will be held at Libros del Pasaje on the second Tuesday of the month, at 1 pm.

Place: Libros del Pasaje, Thames 1762, Palermo

Time: 1:00 pm

In March we will discuss Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee. In April, we will discuss Nutshell, by Ian McEwan. In May, we will discuss My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante.

February Book Group — February 14, 2017 at 1 pm

Posted on January 9, 2017 by tq

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On Tuesday, February 14 we will come together to discuss The Gift of Rain. The meeting will be at 1 pm at Libros del Pasaje, Thames 1762, in Palermo. Please come if you like to discuss books, whether you have read this one or not.

Books for the following March and April are listed below. In general, the meetings will be held at Libros del Pasaje on the second Tuesday of the month, at 1 pm.

The Gift of Rain is the first novel by Malaysian novelist Tan Twan Eng. It was published in 2007 by Myrmidon Books in the UK and the following year by Weinstein Books in the US, and was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize that year.
This remarkable debut saga of intrigue and akido flashes back to a darkly opulent WWII-era Malaya. Eng’s characters are as deep and troubled as the time in which the story takes place, and he draws on a rich palette to create a sprawling portrait of a lesser explored corner of the war. Hutton’s first-person narration is measured, believable and enthralling.

In March we will discuss Disgrace by J.M. Coetze. And in April, we will discuss Nutshell, by Ian McEwan.

Book Group — January 9 — 2:30 pm

Posted on January 2, 2017 by tq

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The January book will be Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami.

Haruki Murakami, the internationally bestselling author of Norwegian Wood and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, plunges us into an urbane Japan of jazz bars, coffee shops, Jack Kerouac, and the Beatles to tell this story of a tangled triangle of uniquely unrequited loves.

A love story combined with a detective story, Sputnik Sweetheart ultimately lingers in the mind as a profound meditation on human longing.

January 9 at 2:30 pm, Libros del Pasaje, Thames 1762

Please join us, whether you have read the book or not.

Happy reading.

Book Group — November 16 at 1 pm

Posted on October 18, 2016 by tq

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The November book will be If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino.

For those with an amorous affair with books, If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler may well be the ultimate love letter to the reader. Calvino’s novel is a masterfully created, startlingly unique work of fiction. Told alternately in second- and third-person narratives, the book is a fascinating exploration of the relationship between the author and the reader – weaving together seemingly unrelated tales, all of which relate directly to you, the reader. At its core is an ingenious concept the likes of which could have only come from the unparalleled imagination of Calvino. By the time you reach its dazzling conclusion, you’ll be wishing you could somehow read it again for the very first time.

November 16 at 1 pm, Libros del Pasaje, Thames 1762

Pease join us, whether you have read the book or not.

Happy reading.

September Book Group, September 13 at 3:30 pm

Posted on August 21, 2016 by tq

Please send your RSVP to Toni at tonilin@aol.com Also send or bring book suggestions.

This month we will discuss Discrete Hero by Mario Vargas Llosa, 337 pages, 2015

Location: Libros del Pasaje, Thames 1776, Palermo

[A] singular all-star performance . . . that proves that the Peruvian master is still at the top of his narrative game . . . The Discreet Hero is an exquisite concoction, a delicious melodrama of sex and betrayal, love and revenge. But what technique is needed! While real television soap operas are shaggy and plodding, Vargas Llosa’s novel is swift, seamless and as structurally symmetrical as a diamond. (Marcela Valdes The Washington Post)

The Discreet Hero, [is] an energetic book with a more straightforward narrative method than almost any other Vargas Llosa . . . [the book] is most memorable for its optimism . . . and for the way in which Don Rigoberto is forced away from his etchings and phonograph records and into the ‘sordid warp and woof’ of the world he has scorned. (Thomas Mallon The New Yorker)

The book is often funny; you turn the pages with relish; it offers plenty to think about and admire . . . it immerses you in the way you hope any novel will immerse you. (Francisco Goldman, The New York Times Book Review.

Pease join us, whether you have read the book or not.

Happy reading.

Book Group — August 5, 2016 — new date

Posted on July 11, 2016 by tq

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July 5, 2016, 2 p, Libros del Pasaje, Thames 1762

See date and book for September below.

August 5, 2016 — Emma – Jane Austin, 459 pages, more than 200 years old

One of England’s most beloved authors, Jane Austen wrote such classic novels as Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, and Northanger Abbey. Published anonymously during her life, Austen’s work was renowned for its realism, humor, and commentary on English social rites and society at the time. Austen s writing was supported by her family, particularly by her brother, Henry, and sister, Cassandra, who is believed to have destroyed, at Austen s request, her personal correspondence after Austen’s death in 1817. Austen’s authorship was revealed by her nephew in A Memoir of Jane Austen, published in 1869, and the literary value of her work has since been recognized by scholars around the world.

September 13, 2016 – Discrete Hero – Mario Vargas Llosa, 337 pages, 2015

We will meet in August at Libros del Pasaje, 2 pm, on Friday, August 5.

Pease join us, whether you have read the book or not.

Happy reading.