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Books for 2008

 
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12 months, 12 books

Big Ben chimes again, marking the start of another year of reading: What are our books for 2007?

Oedipus adapted

The same story gets a different treatment to fit the times of the retelling, as shown by competing Oedipus myths.

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The Book Club's 2008 reading list

January: The Eyre Affair
Introduction | Discussion

February: Medea by Euripides
Introduction | Discussion

March: Snow by Orhan Pamuk
Introduction | Discussion

April: The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing
Introduction | Discussion

May: Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
Introduction | Discussion

June: The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Introduction | Discussion

July: True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
Introduction | Discussion

August: Fortress Besieged by Qian Zhongshu
Introduction | Discussion

September: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday
Introduction | Discussion

October: On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
Introduction | Discussion

November: Donne: The Reformed Soul by John Stubbs
Introduction | Discussion

December: Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Introduction | Discussion

Content last updated: 07/01/2008

 
 
 

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