AUGUST BOOK
For August, we've selected a classic of French literature : Candide (link) by Voltaire (pseudonym of Francois-Marie Arouet). Please note: due to scheduling conflicts we've moved the August meeting to Thursday, August 10. We can decide on our September date then. We'll continue to enjoy these fine summer evenings on the patio at Zawa Restaurant & Bar (link). As usual, it's a 7pm start and the more, the merrier.
Voltaire's masterpiece belongs in the hands of every reader pondering our assumptions about human behavior and our place in the world. Candide tells of the hilarious adventures of the naïve Candide, who doggedly believes that "all is for the best" even when faced with injustice, suffering, and despair. Controversial and entertaining, Candide is a book that is vitally relevant today in our world pervaded by—as Candide would say—"the mania for insisting that all is well when all is by no means well."
