City Of Claremont: War & Existentialism Book Club

Press release from the City of Claremont:

03/02/2022

The War & Existentialism Book Club is back with a new meeting day and time, a new reading list, and exciting discussions! The book club will now meet on the first Friday of each month from 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. With each monthly reading selection, the group explores themes of existentialism, absurdism, war, the role of literature, and beautiful prose. This group currently meets on Zoom but may move to in-person meetings at the Joslyn Center soon. Pre-registration is required by calling (909) 399-5488. See their reading selections below and join in!

Reading List for 2022:

March: The Stranger, Albert Camus

April: Myth of Sisyphus, Albert Camus

May: Journey to the End of the Night, Louis-Ferdinand Celine

June: The Doors of Perception, Aldous Huxley

July: Existentialism is a Humanism, Jean-Paul Sartre

August: Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoevsky

September: The Chrysalids, John Wyndham

October: All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr

November: TBA

December: TBA

This press release was produced by the City of Claremont. The views expressed here are the author’s own.