2ND TUESDAY BOOK DISCUSSION

FEBRUARY 11  AT 1:00 PM

ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE by GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ

Winner of Noble Prize

One Hundred Years of Solitude tells the story of the rise and fall, birth and death of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendia family.

Inventive, amusing, magnetic, sad and alive with unforgettable men and women - brimming with truth, compassion and a lyrical magic that strikes the soul - this novel is a recognized masterpiece in the art of fiction.

Winner of the 1961 Hugo awards.

 Tuesday March 4th  6 pm - 7 pm

In a nightmarish ruined world slowly awakening to the light after sleeping in darkness, the infant rediscoveries of science are secretly nourished by cloistered monks dedicated to the study and preservation of the relics and writings of the blessed Saint Isaac Leibowitz. From here the story spans the centuries mirroring the events of the European dark ages with a sharp, satirical eye examining the relentless progression of a human race damned by its inherent humanness to recelebrate its grand foibles and repeat its grievous mistakes.

Walter M. Miller Jr (1922 - 1996) grew up in the American south. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps a month after Pearl Harbor and spent most of the war as a radio operator and gunner, participating in fifty five combat sorties over Italy and the Balkans, including the assault on Monte Cassino. After the war he studied engineering before turning to writing. A Canticle for Leibowitz won a Hugo, and his only other novel, Leibowitz and the Wild Horsewoman was published posthumously.