Five Mondays; Feb. 19, Mar. 19, Apr. 16, May 14, & June 11 • 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm • $130
This fall we will read 5 novels whose authors have won literary prizes including the Mann Booker Prize, Kirkus Prize, German International Literature Prize, Nobel Prize and Goncourt Prize.
February 19
Euphoria, Lily King, Kirkus Prize
March 19
A Horse Walks Into A Bar, David Grossman, Man Booker International Prize
April 16
The Melancholy of Resistance, László Krasznahorkai, Man Booker International Prize
May 14
The Illogic of Kassel, Enrique Vila-Matas, FIL Literary Award in Romance Languages
June 11
Devil on the Cross, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Nonino International Prize for Literature
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This group reads authors that have won literary prizes including the Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle. In addition to reading award-winning novels, participants develop literary perceptual and critiquing skills. Carol Benet received her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of California, Berkeley where she won an Outstanding Teaching Award.