Post-WWII Japan, from a Japanese perspective. Thanks for the great pick Catherine. I'm SO intrigued by this one!
Amazon's summary of the book:
In An Artist of the Floating World, Kazuo Ishiguro offers readers of the English language an authentic look at postwar Japan, "a floating world" of changing cultural behaviors, shifting societal patterns and troubling questions. Ishiguro, who was born in Nagasaki in 1954 but moved to England in 1960, writes the story of Masuji Ono, a bohemian artist and purveyor of the night life who became a propagandist for Japanese imperialism during the war. But the war is over. Japan lost, Ono's wife and son have been killed, and many young people blame the imperialists for leading the country to disaster. What's left for Ono? Ishiguro's treatment of this story earned a 1986 Whitbread Prize.
We'll meet to discuss on November 9, 7 pm. Trinyan's house--9 Gleim Road, Whitehouse Station. Catherine will lead the discussion.
Trouble getting your hands on this book? Amazon.com has used copies available starting at around $6, including shipping. I have two copies and will share. Quick readers out there . . . when you are finished, pass your copy around. Apparently some local libraries don't carry this one.
Monday, October 18
Monday, October 11
Book Info & Reminder
Literature Group meets tomorrow--Oct. 12th.
7:00, Jennifer Joseph's house, 7 Loeser Ave. in Somerville.
Natalie Seipert is leading our discussion on Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay.
Here's what GoodReads.com writes about the book:
"Paris, July 1942: Sarah, a ten year-old girl, is brutally arrested with her family by the French police in the Vel’ d’Hiv’ roundup, but not before she locks her younger brother in a cupboard in the family's apartment, thinking that she will be back within a few hours.
Paris, May 2002: On Vel’ d’Hiv’s 60th anniversary, journalist Julia Jarmond is asked to write an article about this black day in France's past. Through her contemporary investigation, she stumbles onto a trail of long-hidden family secrets that connect her to Sarah. Julia finds herself compelled to retrace the girl's ordeal, from that terrible term in the Vel d'Hiv', to the camps, and beyond. As she probes into Sarah's past, she begins to question her own place in France, and to reevaluate her marriage and her life.
Tatiana de Rosnay offers us a brilliantly subtle, compelling portrait of France under occupation and reveals the taboos and silence that surround this painful episode."
All are welcome whether they've read the book or not.
Click here to see and hear an engaging 4 minute clip of the author introducing this book: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy0lnc76RaQ
7:00, Jennifer Joseph's house, 7 Loeser Ave. in Somerville.
Natalie Seipert is leading our discussion on Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay.
Here's what GoodReads.com writes about the book:
"Paris, July 1942: Sarah, a ten year-old girl, is brutally arrested with her family by the French police in the Vel’ d’Hiv’ roundup, but not before she locks her younger brother in a cupboard in the family's apartment, thinking that she will be back within a few hours.
Paris, May 2002: On Vel’ d’Hiv’s 60th anniversary, journalist Julia Jarmond is asked to write an article about this black day in France's past. Through her contemporary investigation, she stumbles onto a trail of long-hidden family secrets that connect her to Sarah. Julia finds herself compelled to retrace the girl's ordeal, from that terrible term in the Vel d'Hiv', to the camps, and beyond. As she probes into Sarah's past, she begins to question her own place in France, and to reevaluate her marriage and her life.
Tatiana de Rosnay offers us a brilliantly subtle, compelling portrait of France under occupation and reveals the taboos and silence that surround this painful episode."
All are welcome whether they've read the book or not.
Click here to see and hear an engaging 4 minute clip of the author introducing this book: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy0lnc76RaQ
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