Marjorie A. Crawford Literature Seminar

2010-2011

Sponsored by the Bitterroot Public Library

The Bitterroot Public Library is pleased to sponsor this literature seminar, making it free and open to the public.  These lectures will be given by Shawn Wathen.

October 12^th.   The Gods Will Have Blood  by Anatole France.  France explores the  nature of justice during the cataclysmic events of the French Revolution.

November 2^nd The Golden Age  by Michal Ajvaz.  The Golden Age is a fantastical travelogue in which a modern-day Gulliver writes a book about a civilization he once encountered on a tiny island in the Atlantic.

January 11^th.  The Jokers by Albert Cossery.  A satirical look at authority in all its forms, as well as at those who seek to undermine it.

February 8^th.   The Cave  by Jose Saramago.  Cipriano Algor, an elderly potter, lives with his family in a small village on the outskirts of The Center, a mysterious place they are forced to contend with.

March 8^th. Billiards at Half-Past Nine by Heinrich Boll. This is a novel of Germany during the first half of the 20^th century that raises interesting questions of history, perpective and memory.

April 5^th.   Urn Burial  by Thomas Browne.  Hydriotaphia, or Urn Burial, is one of the pinnacles of Renaissance scholarship and without doubt one of the great essays in English literature.

Classes will be held in the basement meeting room of the Bitterroot Public Library (west entrance) from 9:30 to 11:30 am on the designated day.  Books are available at Chapter One Book Store.  The Bitterroot Public Library will have a limited number of copies available for checkout.  Call 363-5220 or 363-1670 for more information.