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Last meeting of our 13th year

13 Sunday Jan 2013

Posted by JeffreyM in Uncategorized

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books, literature, myth of sisyphus, stranger

IMAG0330The reading for last night’s meeting was the oft-nominated “Camus Triptych” consisting of The Stranger, The Fall and The Myth of Sisyphus.

Close to record attendance with total count approximately 15 strout-hearted bibliophiles who endured soldiering on as the cold front blew in shortly after we began. Because it was the belated gift-exchange month one of our merry band brought a bottle of Knob Creek and some plastic cups. The bottle was emptied.

Discussion swirled around what Camus meant the reader to understand by the characters in his fiction. Only a little time was spent actually discussing Camus’ brand of Existentialism, and the spoken opinions about it ranged from fundamental disagreement to mild sympathy to the sense that it is a “dated” philosophical system. See Dr. Mack’s eloquent and informative essay in the sidebar.

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Other Documents

  • Reading Record
  • Meeting Procedures
  • Lido, Venice – photo
  • Lido, Venice – map
  • Winter Palace in St. Petersburg
  • Peter’s Original Winter Palace

Essays

  • William Howard – Madam Bovary Dec ’20
  • Chris Mack – The Sunset Limited Mar ’20
  • William Howard – Cousin Bette Oct ’19
  • Chris Mack – Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Aug ’19
  • John Mays – Going After Cacchiato Aug ’17
  • Jeffrey Mays – The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao April ’16
  • Eli Pickering – Under The Volcano March ’16
  • Chris Mack – The Radicalism of the American Revolution July ’15
  • Bob Bardister – David Copperfield Jun ’15
  • Tony Hurson – The Jew of Malta Apr ’15
  • Noah Sloan – The Dispossessed Feb ’15
  • Jacq Loock – American Pastoral Dec ’14
  • William Howard – Grapes of Wrath Oct ’14
  • John Mays – A Handful of Dust July ’14
  • Eli Pickering – Ulysees Part 2 Feb ’14
  • Eli Pickering – Ulysees Part 1 Jan ’14
    • Chris Mack – Ulysees contribution
  • John Mays – Lanterns on the Levy Sept ’13
  • Jeffrey Mays – Ender’s Game July ’13
  • Trey Graves – The War of the End of the World, June ’13
  • Randy Meek – Peter the Great, May ’13
  • Eli Pickering – Song of Solomon, Apr ’13
  • Jeffrey Mays – The Good Soldier, Mar ’13
    • Diagram of the Family of Ford Mattox Ford
  • Chris Mack – A Camus Tryptich Jan ’13
  • Matt Thomas – Great Expectations Dec ’12
  • Chris Mack – Steppenwolf, Nov ’12
  • John Mays – Wise Blood, Aug ’12
  • John Mays – One, No One and One Hundred Thousand, July ’12
  • Randy Meek – Tennessee Williams 3 plays, May ’12
  • Matt Thomas – Foucalut’s Pendulum Mar ’12
  • Eli Pickering – All Quiet on the Western Front Dec ’11
  • Eli Pickering – Henry V, Aug ’11
  • Eli Pickering – Two Years Before the Mast, Apr ’11
  • Jimmy Martin – Slaughterhouse 5, Mar ’11
  • John Mays – Herzog, Feb ’11

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