Literary Classics Book Club

Join us for a discussion of Silence by Shūsaku Endō, a Japanese Christian author celebrated as one of the great authors of 20th Century Japanese fiction. Silence, widely considered his masterpiece, tells the story of the persecution of Christians in Japan during the 17th Century. The novel, published in 1966, received the Tanizaki Prize for literature in Japan. Martin Scorsese adapted the book into a critically acclaimed movie in 2016, the third film adaptation of the book. Bonus cred for watching any of the three films before we meet.

We'll be meeting at Lounge 72, the hotel bar at the Doubletree by Hilton in Hazard Center. Please plan to order a drink or appetizer.
Ample parking and a trolley stop are nearby. Attendance is limited, so please change your RSVP if you become unable to attend.

Join us for a discussion of Virginia Woolf's 1931 novel,The Waves, which follows the lives of six characters from childhood to middle age. Writing in her most experimental style, Woolf uses rich and poetic language and a series of soliloquies to do what she does best, reveal the inner lives of her characters.

We'll meet again at the Mission Valley Library in Seminar Room B.
The library sets a limit of 12 persons for the room so please be sure to RSVP. Please change your RSVP to not attending if you can no longer make it.
Feel free to bring your own refreshments

-dave rankin

Join us for a discussion of I am a Cat by Sōseki Natsume. The novel was serialized in 1905 and 1906. It's a "richly allegorical and delightfully readable" satire of Japanese society at the time as seen through the eyes of a highly observant cat. One reviewer describes the book as "a nonchalant string of anecdotes and wisecracks." A change of pace for us after the much grimmer Japanese works we've read so far. The novel is a three volume work of 469 pages; the 2002 Tuttle publication contains all three.

We'll be meeting at Lounge 72, the hotel bar at the Doubletree by Hilton in Hazard Center. Please plan to order a drink or appetizer.
Ample parking and a trolley stop are nearby. Attendance is limited, so please change your RSVP if you become unable to attend.