Long Novel Weekend 2017

Please note:  The Registration deadline has been extended through Monday, July 10, 2017.

  This year we will discuss The Corrections

By Jonathan Franzen   

 After almost fifty years as a wife and mother, Enid Lambert is ready to have some fun.  Unfortunately, her husband, Alfred, is losing his sanity to Parkinson's disease, and their children have long since flown the family nest to the catastrophes of their own lives.  The oldest, Gary, a once-stable portfolio manager and family man, is trying to convince his wife and himself, despite clear signs to the contrary, that he is not clinically depressed.  The middle child, Chip, has lost his seemingly secure academic job and is failing spectacularly at his new line of work.  And Denise, the youngest, has escaped a disastrous marriage only to pour her youth and beauty down the drain in an affair with a married man - or so her mother fears.  Desperate for some pleasure to look forward to, Enid has set her heart on an elusive goal: bringing her family together for one last Christmas at home. 

Winner of the 2001 National Book Award for Fiction.

We will use the Picador Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002 paperback edition.  ISBN: 0-312-42127-3 (pbk).  Please purchase only this edition from your bookseller.

There will be three discussion periods, four fine meals, a wine and cheese reception and an entertaining evening talk.  The program will conclude after lunch on Sunday.

We are delighted to have Troy Jollimore as this year’s LNW speaker. Jollimore is a Professor of Philosophy at California State University, Chico as well as an acclaimed poet.

Jollimore was born in Liverpool, Nova Scotia and attended the University of King's College in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He earned his Ph.D. in Philosophy  from Princeton University. His published philosophical writings include Friendship and Agent-Relative Morality, Love's Vision, and On Loyalty. His award-winning poetry collections include Syllabus of Errors, Tom Thomson in Purgatory, and At Lake Scugog. 

The Location:  The Clark Kerr Campus is a lovely Spanish mission-style complex approximately six blocks southeast of the main UC Berkeley campus.  The site includes meeting rooms, a cafeteria, accomodations and ample parking.  Participants will be housed in two or three bedroom suites with a shared bathroom and commmon area.  Delicious meals with vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free selections are availalbe. 

 

The Weekend:  Plan to arrive about 9:15 AM Saturday.  There will be three discussions of The Corrections, four fine meals, entertainment, and a party on Saturday evening.  And there will be plenty of  free time for exploring or relaxing. Our program will  conclude after lunch on Sunday.

Weekend Costs Per Person:

• $220.00 per person, Double Occupancy Rooms.
  
• $240.00 per person, Single Occupancy Rooms.
  
• $170.00 per person, For those not staying overnight (includes Sat. lunch & dinner & Sun. lunch).

Deadline for Registration:  July10, 2017
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