- Wednesday 10 September 2008
PLEASE NOTE THE DATE OF THIS EVENT HAS CHANGED FROM THAT ADVERTISED IN THE 'WHAT'S ON' LEAFLET
7.00pm start
Jennifer Rohn of Lablit.com presides over our monthly book club dedicated to great fiction books that feature science at their heart. Check this website for each month's selection, read the book beforehand and then drop into the RI to discuss it with other fiction lovers.
September's book
This month's book is 'As she climbed across the table' by Jonathan Lethem (available on amazon.co.uk)
Consider the fate of Professor Philip Engstrand: the principle object of his attention, particle physicist Alice Coombs, stands with her colleagues on the cusp of a momentous discovery. They have created a void, a hole in the universe, a true nothingness that they have named 'Lack'. Lack, however, is no ordinary black hole, but a void that displays the contours of a personality, a void that, as Philip begins to realize, utterly obsesses his beloved. In other words, Alice has fallen out of love with Philip and into love with Lack. 'As she climbed across the table' is the daring and delightful tale of Alice's modern day journey through the looking glass, and of Philip's struggle to win her back from that most elusive of all romantic rivals: a lover without flaws, indeed, without any qualities whatsoever.
Admission is free and there is no need to book