Fwd: September 28 - Don Quixote

Seven of us gathered at Becky's absolutely lovely new abode to discuss Don Quixote. Becky had a delicious soup for us, Karen supplied delicious sandwiches, Leann brought a tasty Asian salad, Michelle made really good roasted zucchini chips, Darla brought bread/brie/apples, Lisa supplied yummy cupcakes. And there was plenty of wine.

Although nobody but Lisa finished it and half of us didn't even start it, we *did* discuss the book! We talked about things like why we didn't read it! Those of us who started but didn't finish felt we got plenty of the flavor from what we did read. It's a tough one to read without also studying its context.

I meant to look up why it is so important and didn't, so I will simply cut and paste from Wikipedia for our mutual edification: "Published in two volumes, in 1605 and 1615, Don Quixote is considered the most influential work of literature from the Spanish Golden Age and the entire Spanish literary canon. As a founding work of modern Western literature and one of the earliest canonical novels, it regularly appears high on lists of the greatest works of fiction ever published."

Naturally we talked about other books we are reading and life as we know it as well.

NEXT MEETINGGet ready for a pre-Halloween meeting!
Where: Leann's
When: Thursday, October 20, 6 pm
What: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson