What we’re about
This group aims to read the best in literature, mainly novels, and and then to discuss and share your thoughts and opinions with others. We're fun and we don't take it too seriously!
We will hold discussion groups based on one book at a time where members will be encouraged to share their experience and opinions.
Do join if you are interested in literature, have an open mind, and want to learn from other people and other moments in time. You don't need to be an expert, just someone who likes reading!
If you want notification of events and polls to chose each month's book, do check to make sure you are subscribed to the group's 'announcements'.
Upcoming events (2)
See all- Demon Copperhead - Barbara KingsolverThe Castle Inn, Cambridge£2.00
Please join us for our next book Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver.
Book descriptions (take care, may contain spoilers): Goodreads; Wikipedia.
Parking is free in the car park next door after 7pm. Each event costs £2 per person to cover Meet Up platform fees only. Please pay by:
cash
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paypal to gkmlong@gmail.com
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BACS details available on request - Life and Fate - Vasily GrossmanCambridge, TBA, Cambridge£2.00
First in a series of Russian and adjacent novels I'll be hosting alongside the "usual" events. Starting off with a bang(er). The rough aim will probably be authors that don't appear in book clubs as much or more obscure works from the Tolstoys et al. Maybe meeting every 2 or 3 months which also allows for big tomes but can see how it evolves.
Giving you plenty of notice if you would like to read this one as it is quite long (but don't be put off).
'Life and Fate is an epic tale of a country told through the fate of a single family, the Shaposhnikovs. As the battle of Stalingrad looms, Grossman's characters must work out their destinies in a world torn apart by ideological tyranny and war.
Completed in 1960 and then confiscated by the KGB, this sweeping panorama of Soviet society remained unpublished until it was smuggled into the West in 1980, where it was hailed as a masterpiece.'
Goodreads
Vasily Grossman's WikiNote:
Venue is still TBA as its still 2+ months but it will be somewhere in Cambridge that is easy to access/has parking etc like the usual meeting places. A few weeks before I'll update you all with where it will be.Usual pricing to cover meetup fees, worry about it on the day etc.
