March 26th - Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger at New China at Noon
Holden Caulfield's thoughts had the hallmarks of what might be called teenage angst. At times he was charming and he wanted to seem confident, and sometimes he seemed to me to be frightened and confused. What influences in his life helped him cope (or not) with his world? We are left to surmise some things about his family. The glimpses of the pictures from inside Holden's head seem to show loneliness and insecurity What didn't he say about his world? If Holden had been written as a teenager in today's world, how much different would he be?I used to play a game with my kids - "What was the best and the worst thing about..." When we meet to discuss this book, what would you answer to those questions?
What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.
--J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
April 23rd - The Far Pavillions by M. M. Kaye - Peabody Library reading room - brown bag
Charlene has e-mailed that there are no large print or audio versions of this book available on Evergreen. I have seen one Kindle version for iPad - but was unsure about the source. It is a long book but I think it will be well worth the effort.The story was made into a TV Mini series in 1984. M. M. Kaye wrote a series of children's books and a series of detective novels titled "The Death in ____" Here is a link to the Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._M._Kaye. She was 94 when she died in 2004. In addition to her other work, she left a three volume autobiography of her extraordinary life.
--Susan
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