Globiblio
Patrick Shaffner, Community Outreacher extraordinaire, would like to invite you to read books with him through 826CHI's book club, Globiblio.
Please allow Patrick to explain:
Globiblio, simply put, is a book club celebrating planet Earth, the fifth-largest planet in our solar system, the third planet from the sun (which is hotter, if you can believe it, than most, if not all, of the celebrated celebrities you can think of using your brain that is encased inside your skull, which is smaller than some of our hominid ancestors but bigger than others, like Lucy, who was rather small but was still bigger than other things, like gumballs, candle sticks, and boxes of cereal) and the people who have written amazing things, in the form of a novel, while living, in all that that entails, on different parts of it.
Each month we will explore a different author from a different land — traversing the globe for the greatest and/or cheapest in literature from our beloved planet. The logistics: We will meet once a month at 7:30 p.m. at 826CHI. It will be "byob" and "byodibtcwetmiysd" (bring your own dish inspired by the country we explored that month if you so desire). Like most aeroplanes and slow boats we have limited room, so if you are interested, sign up immediately! To enroll or if you have any questions get in touch with Patrick.
Proposed Itinerary for the Upcoming Months
Libya
Anatomy of a Disappearance: A Novel
Hisham Matar
(*Hisham Matar will be reading in person!)
Fri, Sep 23, 2011
Argentina
The Lizard's Tail
Luisa Valenzuela
Thu, Dec 1, 2011
Russia
The Slynx
Tatyana Tolstaya
Thu, Nov 10, 2011
Past Lands and Works Visited
Kingdom of Galicia
Joseph Roth
The Radetzky March
Hungary
Tibor Dery
Niki: The Story of a Dog
Egypt
Alaa Al Aswany
The Yacoubian Building
Spain
Salvador Dali
Hidden Faces
Finland
Arto Paasilinna
The Year of Hare
Israel
Suzane Adam, Translator Becka Mara McKay
Laundry
Mozambique
Mia Couto
Sleepwalking Land
Brazil
Jorge Amado
Gabriela, Clove & Cinnamon
Australia
Steve Toltz
A Fraction of the Whole
Germany
Uwe Timm
The Invention of Curried Sausage
Iceland
Halldor Laxness
Under the Glacier
Vietnam
Duong Thu Huong
Novel without a Name
Iran
Farid al-Din Attar
The Conference of Birds
Antarctica (Inspired by)
Anna Kavan
Ice
Kenya
Ngugi wa' Thiong'o
Devil on the Cross
Yugoslavia
Ivo Andric
The Bridge on the Drina
Peru
Mario Vargas Llosa
Death in the Andes
Trinidad
Shiva Naipaul
The Chip-Chip Gatherers
Ecuador
Alicia Cossio
Bruna & Her Sisters in the Sleeping City
Greece
Nikos Kazantzakis
Zorba the Greek
Japan
Haruki Murakami
Hard-Boiled Wonderland & the End of The World
Nigeria
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Purple Hibiscus
Mexico
David Toscana
Tula Station
Philippines
Jose Rizal
Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not)
Norway
Knut Hamsun
Mysteries
Italy
Italo Calvino
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
Pakistan
Daniyal Mueenuddin
In Other Rooms, Other Wonders
Colombia
Hector Abad Faciolince
The Joy of Being Awake
Bohemia
Kafka
The Castle
South Korea
Young-ha Kim
Your Republic Is Calling You
Morocco
Tahar Ben Jelloun
This Blinding Absence of Light
New Zealand
Patricia Grace
Potiki
Ireland
John Banville
The Book of Evidence
Cuba
Reinaldo Arenas
Farewell to the Sea
China
Ch'Eng-En Wu
Monkey
Turkey
Orhan Pamuk
Snow
Chile
Isabel Allende
The House of the Spirits
Czechoslovakia
Jaroslav Hasek
The Good Soldier Svejk
Canada
Michael Crummey
River Thieves
South Africa (Australia)
JM Coetzee
Elizabeth Costello
