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VIRTUAL Mystery Group: Missing, Presumed
IN LIBRARY Mystery Group: Missing, Presumed
BIG BOOKS; PALACE WALK BY NAGUIB MAHFOUZ
This six-week Big Books discussion series will meet every Thursday night from April 13 through May 18. Please note that the discussions will take place in the library's Hammond Room (not on Zoom).
Palace Walk is the
first novel in a highly lauded trilogy by Egyptian Nobel Prize in Literature winner
Naguib Mahfouz. Set in Cairo during WWI, the drama takes place inside the house
of the Jawad family. Strict and pious father al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad holds
his family in a steel grip while he hypocritically indulges in after-hours
pleasures of city nightlife. His devoted wife, Amina, is forbidden by her
husband to leave the four walls of their house, but longs to know what happens
outside them. Daughters Khadija and Aisha desire proper Muslim marriages to
respectable men so they can follow in the footsteps of their parents. Sons
Yasin, Fahmy, and Kamal all struggle with their father’s harsh demands and yet
admire the respect he commands in the community. Al-Sayyid Admad is a staunch
guardian of tradition, but there is constant tension from the outside world
pushing for change. Ultimately, even this father’s iron will cannot stop the
forces of transformation in his country and on his family. Experienced Big
Books leader Holly Marihugh, M.A., returns to guide the discussions.
Big Books, our longstanding discussion series around significant works of literature, is presented in partnership with the Friends of the Glencoe Public Library. Registration is required. Glencoe residents take priority if the class fills up.
Want to receive the library's email newsletter? Brief-and-breezy GPL Weekly delivers library news--with handy program registration links--to your inbox every Monday morning.
BIG BOOKS; PALACE WALK BY NAGUIB MAHFOUZ
This six-week Big Books discussion series will meet every Thursday night from April 13 through May 18. Please note that the discussions will take place in the library's Hammond Room (not on Zoom).
Palace Walk is the
first novel in a highly lauded trilogy by Egyptian Nobel Prize in Literature winner
Naguib Mahfouz. Set in Cairo during WWI, the drama takes place inside the house
of the Jawad family. Strict and pious father al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad holds
his family in a steel grip while he hypocritically indulges in after-hours
pleasures of city nightlife. His devoted wife, Amina, is forbidden by her
husband to leave the four walls of their house, but longs to know what happens
outside them. Daughters Khadija and Aisha desire proper Muslim marriages to
respectable men so they can follow in the footsteps of their parents. Sons
Yasin, Fahmy, and Kamal all struggle with their father’s harsh demands and yet
admire the respect he commands in the community. Al-Sayyid Admad is a staunch
guardian of tradition, but there is constant tension from the outside world
pushing for change. Ultimately, even this father’s iron will cannot stop the
forces of transformation in his country and on his family. Experienced Big
Books leader Holly Marihugh, M.A., returns to guide the discussions.
Big Books, our longstanding discussion series around significant works of literature, is presented in partnership with the Friends of the Glencoe Public Library. Registration is required. Glencoe residents take priority if the class fills up.
Want to receive the library's email newsletter? Brief-and-breezy GPL Weekly delivers library news--with handy program registration links--to your inbox every Monday morning.
VIRTUAL Mystery Group: Blackout
BIG BOOKS; PALACE WALK BY NAGUIB MAHFOUZ
This six-week Big Books discussion series will meet every Thursday night from April 13 through May 18. Please note that the discussions will take place in the library's Hammond Room (not on Zoom).
Palace Walk is the
first novel in a highly lauded trilogy by Egyptian Nobel Prize in Literature winner
Naguib Mahfouz. Set in Cairo during WWI, the drama takes place inside the house
of the Jawad family. Strict and pious father al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad holds
his family in a steel grip while he hypocritically indulges in after-hours
pleasures of city nightlife. His devoted wife, Amina, is forbidden by her
husband to leave the four walls of their house, but longs to know what happens
outside them. Daughters Khadija and Aisha desire proper Muslim marriages to
respectable men so they can follow in the footsteps of their parents. Sons
Yasin, Fahmy, and Kamal all struggle with their father’s harsh demands and yet
admire the respect he commands in the community. Al-Sayyid Admad is a staunch
guardian of tradition, but there is constant tension from the outside world
pushing for change. Ultimately, even this father’s iron will cannot stop the
forces of transformation in his country and on his family. Experienced Big
Books leader Holly Marihugh, M.A., returns to guide the discussions.
Big Books, our longstanding discussion series around significant works of literature, is presented in partnership with the Friends of the Glencoe Public Library. Registration is required. Glencoe residents take priority if the class fills up.
Want to receive the library's email newsletter? Brief-and-breezy GPL Weekly delivers library news--with handy program registration links--to your inbox every Monday morning.
VIRTUAL Nonfiction Group: All the Way to the Tigers
BIG BOOKS; PALACE WALK BY NAGUIB MAHFOUZ
This six-week Big Books discussion series will meet every Thursday night from April 13 through May 18. Please note that the discussions will take place in the library's Hammond Room (not on Zoom).
Palace Walk is the
first novel in a highly lauded trilogy by Egyptian Nobel Prize in Literature winner
Naguib Mahfouz. Set in Cairo during WWI, the drama takes place inside the house
of the Jawad family. Strict and pious father al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad holds
his family in a steel grip while he hypocritically indulges in after-hours
pleasures of city nightlife. His devoted wife, Amina, is forbidden by her
husband to leave the four walls of their house, but longs to know what happens
outside them. Daughters Khadija and Aisha desire proper Muslim marriages to
respectable men so they can follow in the footsteps of their parents. Sons
Yasin, Fahmy, and Kamal all struggle with their father’s harsh demands and yet
admire the respect he commands in the community. Al-Sayyid Admad is a staunch
guardian of tradition, but there is constant tension from the outside world
pushing for change. Ultimately, even this father’s iron will cannot stop the
forces of transformation in his country and on his family. Experienced Big
Books leader Holly Marihugh, M.A., returns to guide the discussions.
Big Books, our longstanding discussion series around significant works of literature, is presented in partnership with the Friends of the Glencoe Public Library. Registration is required. Glencoe residents take priority if the class fills up.
Want to receive the library's email newsletter? Brief-and-breezy GPL Weekly delivers library news--with handy program registration links--to your inbox every Monday morning.
IN LIBRARY Mystery Group: Blackout
VIRTUAL Historical Fiction Group: The Pillars of the Earth
VIRTUAL Wednesday Book Group: The Boy and the Dog
BIG BOOKS; PALACE WALK BY NAGUIB MAHFOUZ
This six-week Big Books discussion series will meet every Thursday night from April 13 through May 18. Please note that the discussions will take place in the library's Hammond Room (not on Zoom).
Palace Walk is the
first novel in a highly lauded trilogy by Egyptian Nobel Prize in Literature winner
Naguib Mahfouz. Set in Cairo during WWI, the drama takes place inside the house
of the Jawad family. Strict and pious father al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad holds
his family in a steel grip while he hypocritically indulges in after-hours
pleasures of city nightlife. His devoted wife, Amina, is forbidden by her
husband to leave the four walls of their house, but longs to know what happens
outside them. Daughters Khadija and Aisha desire proper Muslim marriages to
respectable men so they can follow in the footsteps of their parents. Sons
Yasin, Fahmy, and Kamal all struggle with their father’s harsh demands and yet
admire the respect he commands in the community. Al-Sayyid Admad is a staunch
guardian of tradition, but there is constant tension from the outside world
pushing for change. Ultimately, even this father’s iron will cannot stop the
forces of transformation in his country and on his family. Experienced Big
Books leader Holly Marihugh, M.A., returns to guide the discussions.
Big Books, our longstanding discussion series around significant works of literature, is presented in partnership with the Friends of the Glencoe Public Library. Registration is required. Glencoe residents take priority if the class fills up.
Want to receive the library's email newsletter? Brief-and-breezy GPL Weekly delivers library news--with handy program registration links--to your inbox every Monday morning.
IN LIBRARY Historical Fiction Group: The Pillars of the Earth
BIG BOOKS; PALACE WALK BY NAGUIB MAHFOUZ
This six-week Big Books discussion series will meet every Thursday night from April 13 through May 18. Please note that the discussions will take place in the library's Hammond Room (not on Zoom).
Palace Walk is the
first novel in a highly lauded trilogy by Egyptian Nobel Prize in Literature winner
Naguib Mahfouz. Set in Cairo during WWI, the drama takes place inside the house
of the Jawad family. Strict and pious father al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad holds
his family in a steel grip while he hypocritically indulges in after-hours
pleasures of city nightlife. His devoted wife, Amina, is forbidden by her
husband to leave the four walls of their house, but longs to know what happens
outside them. Daughters Khadija and Aisha desire proper Muslim marriages to
respectable men so they can follow in the footsteps of their parents. Sons
Yasin, Fahmy, and Kamal all struggle with their father’s harsh demands and yet
admire the respect he commands in the community. Al-Sayyid Admad is a staunch
guardian of tradition, but there is constant tension from the outside world
pushing for change. Ultimately, even this father’s iron will cannot stop the
forces of transformation in his country and on his family. Experienced Big
Books leader Holly Marihugh, M.A., returns to guide the discussions.
Big Books, our longstanding discussion series around significant works of literature, is presented in partnership with the Friends of the Glencoe Public Library. Registration is required. Glencoe residents take priority if the class fills up.
Want to receive the library's email newsletter? Brief-and-breezy GPL Weekly delivers library news--with handy program registration links--to your inbox every Monday morning.