Stanford Book Salon
Bookworms unite! Each month, this seriously unstuffy community of Stanford alumni, family and friends gathers online to read and discuss a different book handpicked by one of our renowned faculty hosts.
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Current Book - September 2012
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Turn of Mind
by Alice LaPlante.
Hosted by: Alice LaPlante"Turn of Mind is full of suspense, black humor, and insights into the intricacies of love and friendship - as well as the resilience of the human spirit. Alzheimer's patients reshape those around them in ways that transcend anguish and frustration, and the disease opens us to the very things that make us human."
Upcoming Books
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November 2012
Tevye the Dairyman and the Railroad Stories by Sholem Aleichem
Hosted by: Gabriella Safran, Eva Chernov Lokey Professor in Jewish Studies, Professor and Director, Slavic Languages and Literatures, and Chair, Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages
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January 2013
Emma by Jane Austen
Hosted by: John Bender, Jean G. & Morris M. Doyle Professor in Interdisciplinary Studies and Professor of English and Comparative Literature
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February 2013
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Hosted by: Nancy Ruttenburg, Director, Center for the Study of the Novel and The William Robertson Coe Professor of American Literature
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March 2013
Black Rain by Masuji Ibuse
Hosted by: Steven Carter, professor of Japanese literature
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April 2013
Any Human Heart by William Boyd
Hosted by: Helen Stacy, Director of the Program on Human Rights in the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law
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May 2013
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Hosted by: Gavin Jones, professor and chair of English
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