I just checked. Menachem Schneerson died in 1994. The Gift of Asher Lev was published four years earlier.
Simon: I, uh... I never-never shot anyone before. Book: I was there, son. I'm fair sure you haven't shot anyone yet.
'War Stories'
The Buffista Book Club: the Harry Potter iteration
This thread is a focused discussion group. Please see the first post below for the current topic and upcoming book discussions. While natter will inevitably happen, we encourage you to treat this like a virtual book club and try to keep your posts in that spirit.
By consensus, this thread is reopened specifically to discuss Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It will be closed again once that discussion has run its course.
***SPOILER ALERT***
Trudy Booth - Sep 23, 2004 7:26:00 am PDT #642 of 3301
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Hil R. - Sep 23, 2004 5:26:20 pm PDT #643 of 3301
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I'm pretty sure the Ladover are supposed to be the Lubavitcher. In addition to a lot of other similarities, there's the phrase repeated several times of the Rebbe wearing an "ordinary dark hat." (In the forties and fifties, the Lubavitcher Rebbe deviated from tradition and started wearing a regular sort of hat, the kind most men wore then, while most of the other Chasidic sects were wearing the much older style of hats. There's a scene in The Chosen at somebody's wedding or bar mitzvah, where all the Rebbes from the various Chasidic sects in Brooklyn walk in, and they're described as mostly a crowd of old men in traditional clothing, and one younger man in an ordinary hat.)
Also, the few lines right near the end of My Name is Asher Lev, where Asher's father is talking about reaching out to questioning Jewish students on college campuses, is exactly what the Lubavitch were doing then.
Wolfram - Sep 27, 2004 12:32:07 pm PDT #644 of 3301
Visilurking
I hate bringing up administrative stuff, but we still don't have a book to follow Small World. I think the last consensus was that we'd make a list of Buffistas who volunteer to choose a book for the club, and find some random way to choose one. Does that sound right?
Trudy Booth - Sep 27, 2004 12:33:38 pm PDT #645 of 3301
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
What is the discussion date for Small World ?
Wolfram - Sep 27, 2004 12:38:25 pm PDT #646 of 3301
Visilurking
October 11.
sumi - Sep 27, 2004 7:14:45 pm PDT #647 of 3301
Art Crawl!!!
And who is the author of Small World?
DavidS - Sep 27, 2004 8:20:18 pm PDT #648 of 3301
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
And who is the author of Small World?
David Lodge
Daisy Jane - Sep 28, 2004 6:56:38 am PDT #649 of 3301
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
BTW Hec, I'm really enjoying this book. I need to steal a highlighter (maybe several in different colors) to mark all the stuff.
DavidS - Sep 28, 2004 7:25:33 am PDT #650 of 3301
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
BTW Hec, I'm really enjoying this book.
So glad. When I first moved to LA back in '85, my couch-surf hosts had it lying around and I was totally absorbed in it. Just an incredibly fun read.
sumi - Sep 28, 2004 7:26:41 am PDT #651 of 3301
Art Crawl!!!
Just sent a request for it on inter-library loan fro the University Library's website.
So convenient to be able to be a demanding patron from the comfort of your own home.