2010
February 2010
Wednesday 10 February 2010
Wed 10 Feb. 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles, 90049. 310-440-4500. Skirball Cultural Center - [email][events]
Four groups offered, each with its own five dates and times; click through to see detailed schedule Admission: $125 General; $100 Skirball Members; $75 Full-Time Students All Skirball Book Groups are now at maximum capacity. If you are interested in being added to a waitlist, please send an e-mail to learningforlife indicating the Book Group session you are interested in, your full name, and complete contact information, including e-mail address and telephone number. We will contact you in case a space becomes available for this group. GROUP 3: Wednesdays, February 10, March 10, April 14, May 12, June 9 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. This winter, the Skirball Book Groups will read books that examine the abuse of power, whether political, financial, or familial. Al
FEBRUARY
In This Dark House: A Memoir by Louise Kehoe
Berthold Lubetkin, a renowned Russian-born architect, retreated with his wife and three children in 1940 to a remote farm in southwestern England. Lubetkin's daughter Louise describes how she, her siblings, and their mother lived at the mercy of her tyrannical father, who undermined any abilities they possessed or opinions they expressed.
MARCH
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Balram Halwai gets a break when a rich man hires him as a chauffeur in Delhi. But as he drives his master to shopping malls and call centers, Balram becomes increasingly aware that he will never be able to gain access to this world lawfully—and so he plots to do it illegally.
APRIL
America America by Ethan Canin
During the early 1970s, working-class Corey Sifter is befriended by the powerful Metarey family, kingmakers in New York state politics. Corey becomes an aide to a great New York senator, but during the presidential campaign, a crime is committed and Corey learns how greatness and tragedy combine to change history.
MAY
The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
Inspired by cellist Vedram Smailovic—who, in 1992, played in a bombed-out Sarajevo square for twenty-two days in memory of the twenty-two people killed in a notorious mortar attack—this novel portrays four people trying to maintain their humanity in a besieged city.
JUNE
Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum
When her father turns in her Jewish lover to the Nazis, Anna risks her life to feed the inmates of Buchenwald. Eventually, she agrees to the sexual demands of a high-ranking Nazi officer, who keeps her and her baby daughter alive but shames and destroys her in the process.
Instructor: Penelope Litt Saltsburg is a professional book group leader and former high school teacher with degrees in English, speech, and public relations. She has been affiliated with book groups for thirty years.
All books are available in Audrey's Museum Store at the Skirball. Book Group participants receive a 10% discount (may not be combined with other discounts).