Book Club
Next Meeting: Saturday, October 31
Burmese Days by George Orwell
Saturday, October 31st, 10:00 AM Buxton Inn
Set in Kyauktada, Upper Burma, in 1930, Orwell taps his own Anglo-Indian heritage and history in Burma as an Indian Imperial Police officer to weave a complex narrative representing the intertwining politics of race and culture between British citizens and their Burmese subjects.
Tour of the current exhibition, “Baptists in Burma” to immediately follow.
Finding George Orwell in Burma by Emma Larkin
Saturday, December 5th, 2:00 PM
Buxton Inn
Emma Larkin, an American journalist writing under a pseudonym, notes that there's a joke in Burma (now Myanmar) that Orwell wrote more than one novel about the country: Burmese Days, Animal Farm and 1984. In addition to Larkin's depiction of the land and people, her narration provides insightful illustrations of truly Orwellian circumstances in the military junta ruled land.
Tour of the current exhibition, “Baptists in Burma” to immediately follow.