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MULTICULTURAL Literature
Book Club
2009 - 2010
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Tuesday, September 1st - Intercultural Center
Senselessness
by Horacio Castellanos Moya
A sex-obsessed, alcoholic, atheist writer is hired by the Catholic Church in a Latin American country to edit the testimonies of indigenous survivors of the military ‘s torture and murder.
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Tuesday, October 6th – Library
The Soloist
by Steve Lopez
A journalist befriends a once promising Julliard musician who suffers from schizophrenia.
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Tuesday, November 3rd – Intercultural Center
When the Emperor Was Divine
by Julie Otsuka
A Japanese American family is interned in an a camp in Utah during WWII.
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Tuesday, December 1st – Library
My Guantanamo Diary
by Mahvish Rukhsana Khan
A law student chronicles her interviews with Guantanamo detainees. The book affirms the value of civil liberties.
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| SPRING 2010
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Tuesday, January 19th – Intercultural Center
The White Tiger
by Aravind Adiga
Over seven nights, Balram – servant, philosopher, entrepreneur and murderer – tells how he became successful.
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Tuesday, February 9th – Library
A Mercy
by Toni Morrison
This historical account depicts the intersecting lives of three women, African- and Native-American slaves and their white mistress.
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Tuesday, Mar. 9th – Intercultural Center
Barefoot Heart
by Elva Trevino Hart
This autobiographical account brings the day-to-day life of a child growing up in a migrant, farm family.
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Tuesday, Aprril 13th – Library
The Stream
by Brian Clarke
Natural World Book Prize
The tranquil co-existence between man and nature deteriorate as the plans for an industrial park get underway.
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Tuesday, May. 11th – Intercultural Center
The Ginseng Hunter
by Jeff Talarigo
A Chinese ginseng hunter becomes involved with a North Korean prostitute and the tragedy unfolding across the river.
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CONTACT
Barbara Clark Evans, 913-288-7504, or Barbara Stransky, 913-288-7279.
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