Thank you to everyone who joined this month's conversation about Toni Morrison's acclaimed (and frequently banned) book Beloved.
Links for further exploration:
The 1998 film adaptation starring Oprah Winfrey, Thandiwe Newton, and Danny Glover
The audiobook of Beloved narrated by Toni Morrison
The 1991 film Daughters of the Dust, about three generations of Gullah women in 1902. [Tip from one of our members: The film can be streamed for free on Kanopy; a library card is required.]
From CNN: "Controversy Over Beloved Is About So Much More than One Book"
Folio Books in Noe Valley is taking part in Books Not Bans, which is raising book funds to send creates of "queer, affirmative, and necessary books to nonprofits in states most impacted by recent anti-LGBTQ+ legislation."
Our November Book
For November, we turn to World War I and its aftermath with The Vanquished by Robert Gerwath. The book is in stock at Books Inc. Opera Plaza! Ask at the desk.
In The Vanquished, a highly original and gripping work of history, Robert Gerwarth asks us to think again about the true legacy of the First World War. . . . In the years immediately after the armistice, millions would die across central, eastern, and southeastern Europe before the Soviet Union and a series of rickety and exhausted small new states would come into being. It was here, in the ruins of Europe, that extreme ideologies such as fascism would take shape and ultimately emerge triumphant. (source)
Discussion details:
Sunday, November 19, 2023
11:00 a.m. to approx. 12:15 p.m.
@ Books Inc. Opera Plaza, 601 Van Ness, San Francisco
Thank you, as always, for reading!
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