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Aug 27, 2017 07:01AM
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Welcome to our discussion of Ship of Fools. If you want to participate, this is your cue to obtain your copy now! Mine is on my way and is coming from the UK, so I don't yet have it in hand to set a firm reading schedule. Having said that, since the most available version is only 180 pages, and this may be a somewhat demanding read for us in terms of style, I propose that we read and discuss SOF on the following schedule but use two discussion threads for ease of discussion; one will track/follow the schedule and we will use spoiler tags for comments that reveal items ahead of the then-current group schedule, and another for whole book discussion and comments that may include spoilers without use of spoiler tags.
9/1 - 9/9 pages 1-38 (end before "The Journey, VI")
9/10 - 9/16 pages 39-95 (end before "The Journey, XIV")
9/17-9/23 pages 96-156 (end before Eve)
9/24-9/30 page 157 to the end.
Reminder: Get your copy now and we'll start reading next Friday, September 1.
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Charlene wrote: "I got my copy and it is about 205 pages. So using your 30 page upper limit, I probably should read 35 pages for week one."That sounds right, Charlene.
I received my copy today. Not only is it only 204 pages, but the font size is legible! A double bonus! Who plans to read and discuss? If anyone has started to read, any early thoughts?
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Charlene wrote: "I plan on reading but I have to finish my book club book, Persepolis first. I am about 2/3 of the way finished it. So I should begin this early next week."Wonderful. I hope you are enjoying Persepolis. Even if manga isn't your thing, (and it isn't my preferred media) it's a compelling story...
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Anastasia wrote: "I am looking for a copy now. This seems like the kind of book it is best for me to read with a group lol"Me, too. It should be a good read and discussion.
While doing a bit of research on the background of the title "Ship of Fools", I realized that this book was published 33 years ago. Then that the requirement for this month's books was that they had to be published at least 30 years ago, rather than 50. I'm just curious as to why this month was different?
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The theme was Latin American women writers. Since there are not a tremendous amount of Latin American women writers whose works are available in English, we decided to lower the year requirement. We have done that occasionally in the past when we have special themes, like African or Asian writers when the access to women writers is limited.
☯Emily wrote: "Since there are not a tremendous amount of Latin American women writers whose works are available in English, we decided to lower the year requirement. .."I thought it might be something like that. I do love the book lists in this group, although I would need another lifetime to get to all the ones that intrigue me that I have never heard of before. Ship of Fools is fascinating. Thank you.
Ginny wrote: "A very interesting history of the phrase "ship of fools".http://www.litkicks.com/ShipOfFools"
Thanks for sharing this. I was unaware of the origin of the phrase and loved this article.
The chapter describing the ship in this novel is particularly powerful, IMO.
☯Emily wrote: "Ginny wrote: "While doing a bit of research on the background of the title "Ship of Fools", I realized that this book was 33 years ago. Then that the requirement for this month's books was that the..."There was very little funding for translations of female authors' works into English until the late 1980s, and the disparity in available English translations of male authors vs females remains. It is very difficult to find classic works in English of female authors who write in another language by the traditional 50+ year definition outside of Europe.
