Discussion led by Dr. Christina Morgado-Treml
What's Next September 30th - The Man in The Red Coat by Julian Barnes October 14th - The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith November 25th - Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore December 9th - Walter: The Story of a Rat by Barbara Wersba Books We've Read in 2021 January - Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri February -The Bird in the Bamboo Cage by C. Ryan Howard March - Ex Libris by Anne Fadiman April - Not Forgetting the Whale by John Ironmonger May - Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng June - Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart - The Lost & Found Bookshop by Susan Wiggs August - The Windsor Knot by S. J. Bennett |
September
Book of the Month The Man in the Red Coat
by Julian Barnes In the summer of 1885, three Frenchmen arrived in London for a few days intellectual shopping: a prince, a count, and the commoner with the Italian name. In time, each of these men would achieve a certain level of renown, but who were they then, and what was the significance of their sojourn to England? Answering these questions, Julian Barnes unfurls the stories of their lives, which played out against the backdrop of the Belle Époque in Paris. Our guide through this world is Samuel Pozzi, the society doctor, freethinker, and man of science with a famously complicated private life who was the subject of one of John Singer Sargent's greatest portraits. In this vivid tapestry of people (Henry James, Sarah Bernhardt, Oscar Wilde, Proust, James Whistler, and many others), place, and time, we see not merely an epoch of glamour and pleasure, but surprisingly, one of violence, prejudice, and nativism – with more parallels to our own age then we might imagine. The Man in the Red Coat is, at once, a fresh portrait of the Belle Époque; and illuminating look at the long-standing exchange of ideas between Britain and France; and the life of a man who lived passionately in the moment but whose ideas and achievements were far ahead of his time. Date: Thursday, September 30th
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00PM Price: €12,00 per meeting or block of 5 for €50,00 includes discussion and a coffee or tea. |