Lit Spirits Book Club: Hemingway Series, "In Our Time"✨️

The cooler weather is upon us, meaning more snuggled-in, early evenings - that beg for a cup of tea and a book in hand, cuddled into the corner of that cozy couch!🍵📖🛋✨️

Jump into this journey where I get to re-read some of my favorites, and others, for the first time. My goal is to read most, if not all, of the classic literature by one author at a time, moving from easiest to most challenging.

Plot Summary:

"In Our Time marked the American DEBUT of the young Ernest Hemingway. A selection of fourteen short stories and fifteen vignettes, it was praised by Ford Madox Ford, John Dos Passos, and F. Scott Fitzgerald for its simple use of language to convey complex emotions, earning Hemingway a place beside Sherwood Anderson and Gertrude Stein.

In Our Time features famous Nick Adams stories such as "Indian Camp," in which Nick gets a hard lesson in the reality of birth and death, "The Doctor and the Doctor's Wife," "The Three-Day Blow," "The Battler," and "Big Two-Hearted River," Parts I and II. There are scenes of war, bullfights, and brutality, but also moments of humor, albeit dark, and beauty. In Our Time captures a moment in a master's career, in which we are given a hint of what is to come...

Now recognized as one of the most original short story collections in twentieth-century literature, it also provides a key to Hemingway's later works."

• Goodreads

Location:

🪄❓️ Vancouver Central Library (Floor/room to be determined and updated)

The Gathering:

As we settle into our seats and introductions, we will begin:

🙋🏽‍♀️🙋 Introduce ourselves and describe our favorite part of the book 🙋🙋🏽‍♀️ Discuss each short shorty, including the moral lessons, our favorite and least liked bits, as well as any additional challenges, other general interpretations and of subtext, etc. 🍵🍇 Snacks & Social

Items To Bring:

📝📚 Journal/notebook & pen for note-taking or for questions, comments to share. 🍇🧀 Snacks if you have specific dietary needs, although some general snacks will be provided ✨️🙏🏼 Positivity & Gratitude

Note:

🚫🤬 No debates, arguments, or explicit language. 🚫👪 No kiddo event, sorry! 19+ 🚫🍺 No alcohol or smoking permitted. ❤️❓️ Not a dating event. If natural dating intent occurs outside of meetup, that is fine, but we want to ensure this community is for friendship including safety, above all. 🚫💵 This event is FREE! Tea and snacks to be available per guest and in general limited quantity, so no surprise guests please!