Book club meeting to read the second half of the classic novel East of Eden.
Bookpeople hosts the second half of East of Eden on Sunday, August 9, as part of the Required Reading Revisited series. The meeting picks up where the first one left off, focusing on the latter half of John Steinbeck's classic novel. If you've been following along from the start, this is the session that brings the story home.
Required Reading Revisited is a reading series that takes a broad view of 'the classics,' and it doesn't stop at the usual suspects. The series ranges from the very old to the modern, pulling from required reading within a genre, literature in translation, and cultural required reading. East of Eden fits right into that mix—a well-known staple of the American canon that still gives you plenty to chew on when you actually sit down and talk it through with other people.
If you haven't read the book in a while, or maybe never have, this is a good way to get through it without feeling like you're back in a high school English class. The series is built around reading these books together and talking them out, so you'll be in the company of other readers rather than just tackling the pages on your own. The second half of East of Eden is where the family sagas and the larger themes really come to a head, so it's the part of the book that usually sparks the most conversation.
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The meeting is at Bookpeople in Austin on Sunday, August 9, starting at 4 PM. It's free to attend, so you can just show up and join in.
