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FALL 2008
discussions being held in Ossining Public Library Auditorium due to BMPL construction
Netherland by Joseph O'Neill (NY Times Notable Books author)
Wednesday, September 24, 2008— 7:30–9:00 pm
…the wittiest, angriest, most exacting and most desolate work of fiction we've yet had about life in New York and London after the World Trade Center fell. (New York Times Book Review, May 18, 2008)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (Pulitzer for Fiction, 2008)
Wednesday, October 22, 2008 — 7:30–9:00 pm
Paralleling his own experiences growing up in the Dominican Republic and New Jersey, Diaz has choreographed a family saga at once sanguinary and sexy that confronts the brutality at loose during the reign of the dictator Trujillo. (Booklist, July 2007)
In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar (National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, 2007)
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 — 7:30–9:00 pm
Life in Libya in the wake of Qaddafi's revolution is relayed through the eyes of nine-year-old Suleiman as his family struggles to survive in a climate of deadly political suspicions.
Join us to discuss these current novels.
Each discussion will be guided by a trained leader,
using the shared inquiry method. At this time, discussions are being held at the Ossining Public Library Auditorium due to BMPL construction.
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