Book Club with Jessica

In the organizer's words:

Monthly hybrid book discussion with Jessica Strain. Calling all book lovers! You like reading books and discussing them afterwards? Join our Book Club and discover the riches of international literature. Literature enthusiasts and language lover Jessica Strain will guide you through the best of contemporary and classic literature. Copies of the selected books are available at the d.a.i. library.

22.10. Jack London, The Call of the Wild (1903): Based on London’s experiences as a gold prospector in the Canadian wilderness and his ideas about nature and the struggle for existence, it is a tale about unbreakable spirit and the fight for survival in the frozen Alaskan Klondike.

26.11. John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany (1989) tells the story of John Wheelwright and his best friend Owen Meany growing up together in a small New Hampshire town during the 1950s and 1960s. Owen is a remarkable boy in many ways; he believes himself to be God’s instrument and sets out to fulfill the fate he has prophesied for himself.

17.12. Ian McEwan, Nutshell (2016): Trudy has betrayed her husband, John. She’s still in the marital home but not with John. Instead, she’s with his brother, the profoundly banal Claude, and the two of them have a plan. But there is a witness to their plot: the inquisitive, nine-month-old resident of Trudy’s womb.

In English

Location: d.a.i. library & online via www.dai-tuebingen.de/books
Admission: free