Books
RPC Book Group
by Jeff Miller
Actually, this shoud probably be in the category of “Shameless plugs”….
The RPC Book Group finished looking at Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath last night. It was a very compelling story, as you may know, of impoverished Plains people who moved to California in the early 20th century. looking for a way to survive. The discussions were, as always, scintillating.
We turn next, to a masterpiece of Tolstoy- Anna Karenina. This novel bridges the realist and modernist styles in fiction and has had long lasting impact on novelists which came in its wake. The story deals with many themes and ideas, but, like Dostoevsky, it is the presentation of facets of human nature shown in the various characters and their struggles which will likely spawn the most discussion. Although shown against the backdrop of stratified Russian society of the late 19th century, their struggles and ours are not as foreign to each other as we would think on first glance. And, as Jimmy says, it has one of the greatest opening lines in Literature: “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
If you have opportunity & desire, please join us next Tues and following at Books A Million- 7 pm. Have some coffee or tea and enjoy some wonderful discussion about a whole host of ideas from a Reformed Christian perspective.
Posted by Jeff Miller at May 30, 2007 11:13 AM