OLLI at MSU Book Discussion Group

Since 2004, this group has held lively discussions of provocative books from around the world, including classic and contemporary literary fiction, timely nonfiction, and occasional works of epic poetry and drama.

January 3, The Ghost Writer, Philip Roth (~179 pp): American, originally published in 1979

February 7, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading and Life, George Saunders (~410 pp): American, originally published in 2021. The group will read selections.

March 14, The Hired Man, Aminatta Forna (~293 pp): Scottish-Sierra Leonean, originally published in 2013

April 4, Kindred, Octavia Butler (264 pp): American, originally published in 1979

May 2, Hamnet, Maggie O'Farrell (305 pp): British-Irish, originally published in 2020

June 13, Pedro Páramo, Juan Rulfo (124 pp): Mexican, originally published in 1955

Free and open to all OLLI at MSU members. Registration is required.

Members are welcome to attend all or select book discussion months. Obtaining books is the responsibility of each participant.