Stories That Matter (NC)

 
 
 

Pass word : bookclub

https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780930523909_0/mode/2up?q=The+nine+guardians

Reading list:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rxKROLYcGowVpFkBgD7bDZv-tB-6Qa84LMjvILVm_H8/mobilebasic

 
 
 

Several members requested one of Salman Rushdie's works. Over a period of three months, we will read Midnight's Children. You can get a copy here. (and if you do, a few pennies will go to help support the cost of the meetup).

The novel is about India's transition from British colonial rule to independence and partition. In it, the protagonist and narrator, Saleem Sinai, born precisely at midnight 15 August 1947, the exact moment when India became an independent country. He later discovers that all children born in India between 12 a.m. and 1 a.m. on that date are imbued with special powers.

This postcolonial, postmodern and magical realist story won the Booker Prize in 1981 and was awarded the "Booker of Bookers" Prize and the best all-time prize winners in 1993 and 2008 to celebrate the Booker Prize 25th and 40th anniversary.

The novel is broken into three books. While the pace is a little slower than we typically take, those seem to be convenient breaking points and will give us the chance to savor the postmodernist text! This first month we will read Book I.

Want to help support the meetup? A few of you generously asked if you could help support the cost of the meetup. It costs me about $180/year ($90 twice a year) If you would like to contribute $5, $10, $20 or any amount the easiest way is venmo: @JohnSeanDoyle or just reach out to me directly. Thanks for considering it!

 
 
 

Password: bookclub

https://archive.org/details/awaitingtrespass00tyca/mode/2up?q=%22ty-casper%22

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rxKROLYcGowVpFkBgD7bDZv-tB-6Qa84LMjvILVm_H8/mobilebasic

 
 
 

Several members requested one of Salman Rushdie's works. Over a period of three months, we will read Midnight's Children. You can get a copy here. (and if you do, a few pennies will go to help support the cost of the meetup).

The novel is about India's transition from British colonial rule to independence and partition. In it, the protagonist and narrator, Saleem Sinai, born precisely at midnight 15 August 1947, the exact moment when India became an independent country. He later discovers that all children born in India between 12 a.m. and 1 a.m. on that date are imbued with special powers.

This postcolonial, postmodern and magical realist story won the Booker Prize in 1981 and was awarded the "Booker of Bookers" Prize and the best all-time prize winners in 1993 and 2008 to celebrate the Booker Prize 25th and 40th anniversary.

The novel is broken into three books. While the pace is a little slower than we typically take, those seem to be convenient breaking points and will give us the chance to savor the postmodernist text! This second month we will read Book 2.

Want to help support the meetup? A few of you generously asked if you could help support the cost of the meetup. It costs me about $180/year ($90 twice a year) If you would like to contribute $5, $10, $20 or any amount the easiest way is venmo: @JohnSeanDoyle or just reach out to me directly. Thanks for considering it!