IHSI Book Club – January 2027 January 20th – The Gallery by John Horne BurnsSummarySet in occupied Naples in 1944, The Gallery takes its name from the Galleria Umberto, a bombed-out arcade where everybody in town comes together in pursuit of food, drink, sex, money, and oblivion. A daring and enduring novel—one of the first […]
IHSI Book Club – February 2027 February 17th -Augustus by John WilliamsSummaryAugustus is a historical narrative set in classical Rome and exploring the life of the founder of the Roman Empire.Club & Book Discussion Leader: Ray Brown (ray.e.brown@sbcglobal.net)Format: Lunch & Socialize @ 11:30am; book discussion follows.RSVP (rowlettmm@aol.com) appreciated, but not required.No cost to participate apart […]
IHSI Book Club – March 2027 March 24th - The Aeneid by Virgil, Robert Fagles translation pages 1-193Note: The March date is a week later due to St. Patrick’s Day.SummaryFleeing the ashes of Troy, Aeneas, Achilles’ mighty foe in the Iliad, begins an incredible journey to fulfill his destiny as the founder of Rome. His voyage […]
IHSI Book Club – April 2027 April 21st – The Aeneid by Virgil, Robert Fagles translation – Finish bookSummaryFleeing the ashes of Troy, Aeneas, Achilles’ mighty foe in the Iliad, begins an incredible journey to fulfill his destiny as the founder of Rome. His voyage will take him through stormy seas, entangle him in a […]
IHSI Book Club – May 2027 May 14th – Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane by Andrew Graham-DixonSummaryFor four hundred years Caravaggio's (1571-1610) staggering artistic achievements have thrilled viewers, yet his volatile personal trajectory - the murder of Ranuccio Tomasini, the doubt surrounding Caravaggio's sexuality, the chain of events that began with his imprisonment on […]
IHSI Book Club – June 2027 June 16th - Italian Neighbors by Tim ParkSummaryAn entertaining account of expatriate life in a small village just outside Verona, Italy. Via Colombare, the village's main street, offers an exemplary hodgepodge of all that is new and old in the bel paese, a point of collision between invading suburbia and […]
IHSI Book Club – July 2027 July 21st - That Old Cape Magic by Richard RussoSummaryAn astute portrait of a 30-year marriage, in all its promise and pain…. His honest, heartfelt storytelling—like a cooling breeze off a certain New England shoreline—has never felt fresher.Club & Book Discussion Leader: Ray Brown (ray.e.brown@sbcglobal.net)Format: Lunch & Socialize @ […]
IHSI Book Club – August 2027 August 18th - Romola by George ElliotSummarySet in Florence at the end of the fifteenth century, it includes events during the Italian Renaissance, and several notable figures from Florentine history. The story is of a girl's devotion to her blind father, her marriage to and betrayal by a young Greek […]
IHSI Book Club – September 2027 September 15th - Across the River and Into the Trees by Ernest HemingwaySummaryThe story of Richard Cantwell, a war-ravaged American colonel stationed in Italy at the close of the Second World War, and his love for a young Italian countess. A poignant, bittersweet homage to love that overpowers reason, […]
IHSI Book Club – October 2027 October 20th - The Manzoni Family by Natalia GinzburgSummaryAn epic biography set in ducal Italy and postrevolutionary France focuses on the Manzoni family, beginning with the matriarchal Giulia and ending in 1901.Club & Book Discussion Leader: Ray Brown (ray.e.brown@sbcglobal.net)Format: Lunch & Socialize @ 11:30am; book discussion follows.RSVP (rowlettmm@aol.com) appreciated, […]
