"We do not see reality—or nature—directly," wrote Bill Holm, "but always through a window of some sort." Linda Sigurdson Collette reminds us that we will meet at the Icelandic Collection this coming Thursday, February 24, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. to discuss the late Bill Holm's masterful book, The Windows of Brimnes.
For those attending Lestrarfélag that evening, Linda suggests that you each "select one of the windows at Brimnes. It could be a chapter or section that particularly spoke to you. As you peered through the windows of politics, economics, people, family, stories, tall tales, poetry, nature, music, art, food, language, religion, history, literature, Iceland, or liberty. What did you see, hear, feel, smell, taste? What did you learn? Did you agree with Bill? Read aloud for us some special passages, perhaps some of his powerful descriptions."
If you don't yet own a copy of The Windows of Brimnes, or if you can't devote much time to preparing for Thursday, you can read a 50-page Google Books excerpt:http://tinyurl.com/645hoez.
For those attending Lestrarfélag that evening, Linda suggests that you each "select one of the windows at Brimnes. It could be a chapter or section that particularly spoke to you. As you peered through the windows of politics, economics, people, family, stories, tall tales, poetry, nature, music, art, food, language, religion, history, literature, Iceland, or liberty. What did you see, hear, feel, smell, taste? What did you learn? Did you agree with Bill? Read aloud for us some special passages, perhaps some of his powerful descriptions."
If you don't yet own a copy of The Windows of Brimnes, or if you can't devote much time to preparing for Thursday, you can read a 50-page Google Books excerpt:http://tinyurl.com/645hoez.
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