Join us for a discussion of John Steinbeck's quest across America, from the northernmost tip of Maine to California's Monterey Peninsula in his book "Travels with Charley".
To hear the speech of the real America, to smell the grass and the trees, to see the colors and the light—these were John Steinbeck's goals as he set out, at the age of fifty-eight, to rediscover the country he had been writing about for so many years.
With Charley, his French poodle, Steinbeck drives the interstates and the country roads, dines with truckers, encounters bears at Yellowstone and old friends in San Francisco. Along the way he reflects on the American character, racial hostility, the particular form of American loneliness he finds almost everywhere, and the unexpected kindness of strangers.
The Afternoon Book Club meets on the third Wednesday of each month from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM at the Burke Branch Library. All are welcome. For more information, call Caroline Pak at 703-746-1772 or email cpak@alexlibraryva.org.
EVENT TYPE: | Book Discussion Groups |
TAGS: | book group | book discussion | book club |
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