May's Mannish Book

The Catcher in the Rye

May 26, 2010 

7:30 PM at Dave's Place again (1277 East 400 South)

Our Mannish Book this month seems to be the classic that everyone has heard of, but no one has read (at least in our small circle). So in lieu of providing a synopsis... I'll include a few quotes from the book in hopes of inspiring us all to read and attend:

"When I really worry about something, I don't just fool around.  I even have to go to the bathroom when I worry about something.  Only, I don't go.  I'm too worried to go.  I don't want to interrupt my worrying to go." ~ Chapter 6

It's really too bad that so much crumby stuff is a lot of fun sometimes. ~ Chapter 9 

All morons hate it when you call them a moron. ~ Chapter 6 

It's no fun to be yellow.  Maybe I'm not all yellow.  I don't know.  I think maybe I'm just partly yellow and partly the type that doesn't give much of a damn if they lose their gloves. ~ Chapter 13 

I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life.  It's awful.  If I'm on my way to the store to buy a magazine, even, and somebody asks me where I'm going, I'm liable to say I'm going to the opera.  It's terrible. ~ Chapter 3 

See you at the end of the month!

P.S. I'm excited to announce the addition of an international member to our club! Benjamin Ames, currently residing in Finland, is now an official Mannish Book Man. Hyvää päivää Ben! 

 

April's Mannish Book

The Sun Also Rises
April 28, 2010 

7:30 PM at Dave's Place again (1277 East 400 South)

Here's what Amazon/Wikipedia say about the novel:

"The Sun Also Rises is one of Ernest Hemingway's masterpieces and a classic example of his spare but powerful writing style. A poignant look at the disillusionment and angst of the post-World War I generation, the novel introduces two of Hemingway's most unforgettable characters: Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley. The story follows the flamboyant Brett and the hapless Jake as they journey from the wild nightlife of 1920s Paris to the brutal bullfighting rings of Spain with a motley group of expatriates. It is an age of moral bankruptcy, spiritual dissolution, unrealized love, and vanishing illusions. First published in 1926, The Sun Also Rises helped to establish Hemingway as one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century

"Time magazine included the novel in its TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005."