Pax-salon Mailing List: Fwd: Little Book club

[patty (pattypax]

 HI All,

I heard from someone that this book is realllllly depressing. I have  
never read it.  It was Steve's selection, and i always think he has  
great ideas about films and books.  Here is his answer to the  
depressing book.  Read it and come and discuss it on the last Tuesday  
of Jan. 2010.

patty

> The person is right. It is depressing. But what does it have to say  
> about America? So much of the make up of the American character  
> comes out of Puritan New England. Wharton is up to something in this  
> book. Themes of isolation, lack of education, lack of access and  
> love of the arts--how does all that reflect on our relationships  
> with each other i.e. men and women? Patty, put out these emails and  
> you may stir up some interest in the book. Wharton's writing is  
> simple, beautiful and eloquent. This book is often overlooked.   
> Stephen
>
> Hi,  I thought i should give you the name of the Little Book of the
> Odd Month Club that we chose to read and then discuss on the last
> Tuesday of January.   It is the little novel by Edith Wharton, "Ethan
> Frome."
> patty
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