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Contemporary Books

If you love to talk about contemporary fiction, join our Contemporary Book Discussion group. The group meets regularly on the first Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m. and on the second Tuesday and Wednesday at 10:00 a.m.

Sign up at the Reference Desk for this month's discussion to get copy of this month's title. Check the event calendar for exact dates and times.

For more information about the Contemporary Book Discussion Group contact Beth Rupert at 630-868-7520 or by e-mail at beth@wheatonlibrary.org.


See a list of books read at our previous contemporary book discussions.

January

The Tenderness of Wolves
by Stef Penney
February

Abide with Me
by Elizabeth Strout
March

Consequences
by Penelope Lively
April

The Fiction Class
by Susan Breen
May

The Widow's War
by Sally Gunning
June

The Reluctant Fundamentalist
by Mohnsin Hamid


Great Books

The Great Books method of Shared Inquiry discussion encourages a personal approach to literature. Participants engage in a search for the author's meaning. There are no right or wrong answers and no examinations. The sharing of individual interpretations results in a greater understanding for all.

New participants are welcome throughout the year. There is no fee and a Wheaton Public Library card is not required. Meetings are held on the 2nd Wednesday of the month, September through June, at 7:30 p.m.

To register or for more information about the Great Books Discussion Group contact Beverly Jirsa at 630-868-7573 or beverly@wheatonlibrary.org.

2008-2009 Schedule

Sept. 10 - The Man Who Would Be King (short story) by Rudyard Kipling
Oct. 8 - The Persian Wars (selections) by Herodotus / Rawlinson
Nov. 12 - Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw
Dec. 10 - Wide Awake & Dreaming: Poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Margaret Atwood, Wallace Stevens, Theodore Roethke
Jan. 14 - Pragmatism: a New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking by William James
Feb. 11 - Which New Era Would That Be? by Nadine Gordimer
March 11 - Out of Africa (selections) by Isak Dinesen
April 8 - The Origin of the Universe and Beautiful Theories by Steven Weinberg
May 13 - The Burial at Thebes: a version of Sophocles’ Antigone by Sophocles / Heaney
June 10 - Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison



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