NOVEMBER BOOK

ATTENTION:  We're trying another new spot this month, the Joey Shipyards location ( link) in North Vancouver (125 Victory Shipyard Way, just a short walk east of the Seabus terminal at Lonsdale Quay).  Join the gang on Tuesday, November 3 on the sprawling patio for an evening of fine food and literary fencing.  As usual, the festivities begin at 7pm and all and sundry are welcome.

Our book for November is Post-Truth (link) by American philosopher Lee McIntyre.

 

         

Are we living in a post-truth world, where "alternative facts" replace actual facts and feelings have more weight than evidence? How did we get here? In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Lee McIntyre traces the development of the post-truth phenomenon from science denial through the rise of "fake news," from our psychological blind spots to the public's retreat into "information silos."

OCTOBER BOOK

We tried something different for October and had a successful ZOOM meeting.  Our book was The Most Beautiful Book in the World (tough title to live up to) by French author Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt (link), another in the fine series of European writers in translation from Europa Editions.

          

A cast of extravagant and affecting characters lovingly portrayed by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt animates these eight contemporary fables about people in search of happiness. One of Europe's most popular and bestselling authors, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt captivates the reader with his spirited style and enchanting stories that move effortlessly from the everyday to the fantastical.
The eight stories in this collection, his first to be published in English, represent his best and most imaginative storylines: from the touching and surprising love story between Balthazar, a wealthy author, and Odette, a shop clerk, to the tale of a barefooted princess; from the moving title story about a group of female prisoners in a Soviet gulag to the entertaining portrait of a perennially disgruntled perfectionist. Behind each story lies a simple, if elusive, truth: though we may be frequently blind to it, happiness is often right in front of our eyes.