/lit/cord reading groups

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/lit/cord has finished its Tartar Steppe (Buzatti) reading group and we're now moving on to focus on two longer reading groups, Joseph and His Brothers (Mann) and Celestial Harmonies (Esterhazy), as well as the ongoing reading of the oeuvre of Richard Powers. Join us, either for the reading groups or for general /lit/ discussion mixed with shitmemeposting.

https://discord.gg/TgjNuAs

We're also starting up a handful of other reading groups and would love more people to join in.

>Joseph and His Brothers by Thomas Mann
A mammoth work considered by Mann to be his magnum opus. Composed over 16 years, Mann retells twenty-odd chapters of Genesis in a sweeping, 2000 page narrative. The book touches on culture, storytelling/mythmaking, individualism, and the usual erudite topics that Mann is known for, infused with a heavy dosage of Biblical mysticism of the sort that fascinated Mann more and more as he aged.

>Celestial Harmonies by Peter Esterhazy
Esterhazy is a descendant of the old, prominent Hungarian noble family, possibly best remembered today for its patronage of Joseph Haydn. The book chronicles the history of the family through a fictional lens that is nonetheless intimately tied with European history over the past few centuries. The narrative is deceptively simple, but actually nonlinear, and gradually reveals the trajectory of Esterhazy history, often as a metaphor for broader themes.

>The works of Richard Powers
A couple of us are taking the Powers-pill and exploring a very exciting contemporary novelist, who has some of the best literary depictions of the troubled by inextricable connection between science and the arts in the modern world.

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