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the MONDAY BOOK CLUB: Maugham novel based on life of Gauguin up next
From: Sunday Gazette-Mail
Date: 20060205
Author:Regina C. Davis
The Monday Book Club kicked off 2006 with a discussion of Hermann Hesse's novel "Siddhartha" on Jan. 27.
The larger-than-average group began with a discussion of how Hesse's novel parallels the legend and teachings of Gautama Buddha. The topic quickly turned to the central theme of the book, the search for enlightenment, and the group kept returning to a debate on the definition of the term.
The Book Club will continue its survey of "Real Lives in Fiction" with a discussion of "The Moon and Sixpence" by Somerset Maugham at 6 p.m. on Feb. 27 at Taylor Books.
Maugham's 1919 ...
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