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Last Updated: July 7, 2010 - 11:14am — twinfalls

"Other Americas"

Sep 22 ·  Oct 6 ·  Oct 20 ·  Nov 3 ·  Nov 17

All programs begin at 6PM in the Library's Program Room

Let's Talk About It! is a reading and discussion program where a guest scholar leads a discussion on that week's book. Copies of the books are available for free checkout at the Reference Desk. Please stop in or call (208) 733-2964 ext 109 for more information.

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Book Descriptions

September 22: Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

Despite the fact she that she has fallen in love with a young man, Tita, the youngest of three daughters born to a tyrannical rancher, must obey tradition and remain single and at home to care for her mother. The story is told in monthly installments, with recipes, romances, and home remedies.

 

October 6: Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich

The lives and destinies of two Native American families -- the Kashpaws and the Lamartines -- intertwine on and around a North Dakota Indian reservation from 1934 to 1984, in a tale of survival, tenacity, tradition, injustice and love. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award.

 

October 20: Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories by Sandra Cisneros

The author gives voice to characters on both side of the Mexican border, from a young girl harboring special secrets to a witch woman circling abover her village. The women in these stories offer tales of pure discovery, filled with moments of infinite and intimate wisdom. Translated from Spanish.

 

November 3: Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko

Tayo, a young Navajo, has been a prisoner of the Japanese during World War II, and the horrors of captivity have almost eroded his will to survive. His return to the Laguna Pueblo reservation  only increases his feeling of estrangement and alienation. While other returning soldiers find easy refuge in alcohol and senseless violence, Tayo searches for another kind of comfort and resolution. Tayo's quest leads him back to the Indian past and its traditions, to beliefs about witchcraft and evil, and to the ancient stories of his people.

 

November 17: Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

A black man's search for success and the American dream leads him out of college to Harlem and a growing sense of personal rejection and social invisibility. Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction in 1953.