Mi, 30.09.09, 19 Uhr English Book Club "The Lost Continent: Travels through small-town America - Bill Bryson"
A travelogue by Bill Bryson is as close to a sure thing as funny books get. The Lost Continent is no exception. Following an urge to rediscover his youth (he should know better), the author leaves his native Des Moines, Iowa, in a journey that takes him across 38 states. Lucky for us, he brought a notebook.
With a razor wit and a kind heart, Bryson serves up a colorful tale of boredom, kitsch, and beauty when you least expect it. Gentler elements aside, The Lost Continent is an amusing book.


Mi, 28.10.09, 19 Uhr English Book Club "Tales of the City - Armistead Maupin"
Set in San Francisco in the mid-1970's, the lives of his characters cross each other and intertwine. Originally written as a serial in the San Francisco Chronicle, it is reminiscent of Dickens: short vignettes with sharply drawn characters, plenty of drama and tension that frequently leave the reader with a cliff-hanger at the end of the chapter leaving you hungering for more. The writing is witty, a bit irreverant (sexuality, gender, race and class are all targets of Maupin's pen), and utterly entertaining.


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