Will be re-scheduled!

CBT's Eshet Chayil Group invites you to our stimulating, thought-provoking and fascinating..

CBT's February Book Club

Reading the book

A Horse Walks Into a Bar

by David Grossman

WILL BE RESCHEDULED!

Wednesday, February 14th, 2018

6:30 pm

Hosted by Shiri Etzioni

21357 N 82nd street

Scottsdale, AZ 85255

RSVP to Shiri at 480-253-0905 or setzioni@gmail.com.

Directions from CBT: (20 min) North on Scottsdale Road, right on E. Thompson Peak Parkway, left on N. Hayden Rd, right on E. Grayhawk, left on E. Tailfeather Dr, first left on N. 82nd St, another first left to stay on N. 82nd St., 21357 is on your left.

"I want you to look at me," he spurted. "I want you to see me, really see me, and then afterward tell me." (Dov G to Avishal Lazar, A Horse Walks into a Bar)

Israeli author, David Grossman, won the 2017 Man Booker International Prize for A Horse Walks into a Bar. I spite of the title, this novel is not funny. It's short, but intense, and quite harsh--off-putting in the beginning, but will break your heart by the end. It's almost the opposite of our January book, Incredible!  Comparing the lives of Rabbi Yossi Wallis and Dov Greenstein should make for a discussion with great depth, especially after last month's consideration of role models in our lives.

The setting is in a claustrophobic comedy bar in Netanya, filled with an audience that is a cross section of Israeli society. The writing is succinct, but searing, revolving around the joyless humor and the violence Dov experienced in his life. "How, in such a short time, did he manage to turn the audience, even me to some extent, into household members of his soul? And into it's hostages?" (Avishai, p 57)

There's a multitude of reviews on the web. I recommend the following:

http://wwww.nybooks.com/articles/2017/04/20/david-grossman-king-of-bitter-laugh/

http://themanbookerprizecom/news/horse-walks-bar-david-grossman-wins-man-booker-international-prize-2017

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/dec/09/a-horse-walks-into-a-bar-by-david-grossman-review

https://www.npr.org/2017/02/23/515434141/a-horse-walks-into-a-bar-and-a-bad-comedy-set-proves-revelatory

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/27/books/review/horse-walks-into-a-bar-david-grossman-.html

Upcoming Books:

March 14    Hidden Ones: A Veil of Memories, Marcia Fine (author attending)

April 11       Out of the Depths: the Story of a Child of Buchenwald, R'Israel Meir Lau (MEN INVITED)

May 8         Outwitting History, Aaron Lansky

June 13      All Other Nights, Dara Horn