International Book Group – Independent People
The West Falmouth Library International Book Group meets on the first Wednesday of each month 3:45pm to 5pm. Selections have either foreign settings or foreign authors, usually both. Meetings are both in-person and on Zoom. New members are welcome; email request to mharris8136@gmail.com for meeting notices and Zoom link.
Reading Schedule (book title links are to print versions in the CLAMS catalog):
Date of meeting – Title – Author – Country of Origin
| 9/4/2024 | The Parisian | Isabella Hammad | France, Palestine | |
| 10/2/2024 | Life and Fate | Vasili Grossman | Soviet Union | |
| 11/6/2024 | A Day in the Life of Abed Salama | Nathan Thrall | Israel | |
| 12/4/2024 | Independent People | Halldór Laxness | Iceland | |
| 1/8/2025 | The Iliad | Homer (translated by Emily Wilson) | Aegean | |
| 2/5/2025 | History of Burning | Janika Oza | India and more | |
| 3/5/2025 | Elevator in Sai Gon | Thuan (translated by Nguyễn An Lý) | Vietnam | |
| 4/2/2025 | The Covenant of Water | Abraham Verghese | India | |
| 5/7/2025 | Desertion | Abdulrazak Gurnah | East Africa | |
| 6/4/2025 | The Island of Missing Trees | Elif Shafak | Cyprus |