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July 13, 2004
'Hunger' Kicks Off Fall 2004 Literature For Lunch Series
Hunger: A Novel, written by a professor of fiction writing in the MFA program for creative writing at Boise State University, kicks off the fall 2004 season of Literature for Lunch. Literature for Lunch is a monthly book discussion group supported by Boise State�s Department of English.
The public is invited to attend the book discussions, held from 12:10-1 p.m. at the Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd. The discussions are free and no reservations are required. This fall�s selections include:
Wednesday, Sept. 8: Hunger: A Novel, by Elise Blackwell. Based on true events from World War II, Hunger was named a Best Book of 2003 by the Los Angeles Times. The story takes place during the 900-day siege of Leningrad by the Germans, beginning in 1941. It is the powerful story of a man's confrontation with his own morality and the decision he eventually makes � a decision that affects the rest of his life. Blackwell is planning to join the discussion.
Wednesday, Oct. 6: The Crimson Petal and the White, by Michel Faber. Faber�s novel traces a young woman�s journey from a London brothel to high society in the Victorian age. Sugar is a prostitute who yearns for a better life, which she finds through William, a man with a wife suffering from emotional problems and a daughter he pays no mind to.
Wednesday, Nov. 3: Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides. Middlesex explores the vagaries of a Greek gene pool, beginning on Mount Olympus in 1922 and continuing through prohibition Detroit, the early days of Ford Motors, the race riots of the 1960s and into the present-day. At the heart of the story is Cal Stephanides, who was raised as Calliope before discovering he wasn�t really a girl, but a hermaphrodite.
Wednesday, Dec. 1: Girl With a Pearl Earring, by Tracy Chevalier. This book that inspired the movie is an exactly observed imaginative explanation of the enigma of Vermeer�s canvases of the Dutch Golden Age. The book tells the story of Griet, a 16-year-old servant girl whose life is transformed by her encounter with the artist.
Books in the series are available at the Boise State Bookstore for a 25 percent discount; parking validation with your purchase can be used at the visitor�s lot behind the Student Union. Books are also available at the Vista Book Gallery, 890 S. Vista Ave. in the Vista Village shopping center, for a 20 percent discount.
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