World Literature

[close] This group is for anyone curious about the world and keen to learn for life, either through reading or exploring. Please be open-minded and interesting. Join and suggest Books of interest. Thank you.

[close] We want to get readers interested in literature, history, and human rights talking to each other. Here´s the project website: https://site.uit.no/readrespond/ We´ll focus on one book a month from September 2020 - September 2021, but you are welcome to add books to the shelf and start new discussions any time. There will be monthly Zoom sessions with literature and culture scholars and some challenges along the way. In August, we will be focusing on Jenny Erpenbeck’s novel 'Go, Went, Gone' (2015). We will be hosting discussions about the novel throughout the month, and we encourage anyone who wants to chime in to contribute! On August 26th, Hanna Meretoja, a Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Turku, Finland, will lead a discussion on Jenny Erpenbeck’s novel 'Go, Went, Gone' (2015). Happy Reading!

[close] Here is an overview of the group reads & activities: Regional reads Nominations and Book discussions. Buddy Reads Find someone to read along with!. Share/discuss your current reading All current polls Vote for the group reads here Challenges, challenges, challenges! Set up a personal challenge Challenge: 50 Books By African Women That Everyone Should Read Authors! If you would like to promote your book, give away copies or otherwise advertise your books please do so in this folder - selfpromotion in other places will be deleted. Photo: Nairobi Skyline by Orientalizing

[close] I am making this group to gather a handful of people to read an agreed book and later discuss, however serious or silly. Because my interests skew toward foreign and translated literature, that is the main theme. But given that good lit is everywhere, there will of course be American lit or reoccurring lit from the same country. Examples of this include, Marlon James, Chigozie Obioma, Haruki Murakami, Eka Kurniawan, and so on.