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Love reading but pressed for time? Join our "Great Novels Under 200 Pages" reading group!
In our club, different members choose books they are most passionate about and share their enthusiasm by leading discussions on those books. Because of this, we have been reading books of many kinds, such as the great Chinese novel To Live, The Vegetarian, about a Vietnamese woman who desires to be a tree, and Romeo and Juliet.
We meet on Tuesdays once a month from 7 to 8:30 P.M. in a quiet spot in the back of a Barnes & Noble store in New Hope Commons, Durham.
Dive into some great lit with us, one page at a time.
Upcoming events (3)
See all- To Live (活着)Barnes & Noble, Durham, NC
Join us on September 9 as we discuss To Live (活着), which follows one Chinese family's tragic journey during Mao's rule, from the Chinese Civil War through the Great Leap Forward and past the Cultural Revolution.
After being banned for its critical portrayal of the Chinese Communist Party, the 1993 novel has since gained international acclaim; many critics have praised it as a cornerstone of modern Chinese literature.
The 1994 movie, also titled To Live, has garnered much international praise as well. But, its director, Zhang Yimou, was at first banned from making movies in mainland China for five years.
To learn more about the novel, please visit this link on Wikipedia. (Most of us are apt to use a 2003 translation by Michael Berry.)
For a review of the movie, see https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-12-14-ca-8647-story.html. You can stream the film for free at https://archive.org/details/to-live-1994.
Abby K. will moderate our session.
It's a great novel; hope you can join us.
