Author Theme Reads

This group is for readers who wish to focus on one author at a time, in an effort to understand the development of an author's writings, literary technique, and general viewpoints on life.

2013:
Year-long Author: Emile Zola
Mini-author 1 (Jan-Mar): Honore de Balzac
Mini-author 2 (Apr-June): Guy de Maupassant
Mini-author 3 (July-Sep): Marguerite Duras
Mini-author 4 (Oct-Dec): Simone de Beauvoir

+ Year long thread on French authors in general.

Group read of Victor Hugo's "Toilers of the Sea" starts in January.

Join this group if you are interested in reading Camus.

2012: Shusaku Endo, Natsume Soseki, Kobo Abe, Ryu Murakami, Yuko Mishima
2011: Mario Vargas Llosa, Jose Saramago, JMG Le Clezio, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
2010: Stefan Zweig, Joseph Roth, Junichiro Tanizaki, Cormac McCarthy
2009: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Virginia Woolf, JD Salinger, Kazuo Ishiguro

Not interested in our current author choice? Check out our daughter group, Monthly Author Reads.

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The Belly of Paris by Zola		6	slickdpdx, Today 1:06pm
Zweig: Zweig's shorter works.		34	jfetting, Friday 7:27pm
2013 in France: What are you reading?		22	BALE, June 2
Guy de Maupassant: General Thread		4	StevenTX, May 29
The Conquest of Plassans by Zola		4	rebeccanyc, May 27
Secret Rendezvous by Kobo Abe		4	rebeccanyc, May 25
The Joy of Life by Emile Zola		2	slickdpdx, May 21
Nana by Zola		4	BALE, May 14
Maupassant: Alien Hearts		1	rebeccanyc, May 10
Abbe Mouret's Sin by Zola		2	rebeccanyc, April 28
Pot Luck by Zola		5	StevenTX, April 22
Maupassant: Short Story Collections		1	rebeccanyc, April 11
Maupassant - Une Vie (A Life)		1	StevenTX, March 31
Dostoevsky: Crime and Punishment		17	Merelyplayers, March 31
Balzac: Père Goriot		6	SassyLassy, March 11
Balzac: Eugénie Grandet		1	StevenTX, March 10
Balzac: Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes (A Harlot High and Low)		2	rebeccanyc, March 10
The Kill by Zola		7	rebeccanyc, March 7
Balzac: Lost Illusions		1	rebeccanyc, March 3
Toilers of the Sea Group Read		36	edwinbcn, February 11
The Ladies' Paradise by Zola		5	arubabookwoman, February 6
French authors general thread		20	edwinbcn, February 4
Balzac : Colonel Chabert		1	edwinbcn, February 3
Mishima : Forbidden Colours		3	Joe.Tranter, January 31
Honoré de Balzac - Resources and General Discussion		18	BALE, January 17
Germinal by Zola		15	rebeccanyc, January 13
1Q84 Group Read		52	lilisin, January 13
His Excellency Eugene Rougon by Zola		6	lriley, January 9
The Fortune of the Rougons by Zola		5	rebeccanyc, January 8
L'Assommoir by Zola		7	kesbooks, January 4
Mishima : The Samurai ethic and modern Japan		6	lilisin, January 2
Emile Zola - Resources and General Discussion		13	rebeccanyc, January 2
The Dream by Zola		1	rebeccanyc, January 2
Scandal by Shusaku Endo		8	JDHomrighausen, December 2012
2012 in Japan: What are you reading now?		89	rebeccanyc, December 2012
The Final Martyrs discussion.....		4	hemlokgang, December 2012
Deep River by Shusaku Endo		11	JDHomrighausen, December 2012
When I Whistle by Shusaku Endo.		5	rebeccanyc, December 2012
Five by Endo by Shusaku Endo		1	JDHomrighausen, December 2012
Preparing for 2013		69	lilisin, December 2012
Monthly Author Reads Group Back Open		2	PolymathicMonkey, November 2012
Idea for Author Theme Reads		3	BALE, November 2012
Japanese authors general thread		63	edwinbcn, November 2012
Mishima : The Sailor who Fell from Grace with the Sea		2	edwinbcn, October 2012
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion by Yukio Mishima		1	rebeccanyc, October 2012
Preparing for 2012!		76	kidzdoc, October 2012
Almost Transparent Blue by Ryū Murakami		3	lilisin, September 2012
Japan Read 2012: Translators and Presses		19	lilisin, September 2012
The Samurai by Shusaku Endo		12	hemlokgang, September 2012
Popular Hits of the Showa Era by Ryū Murakami		3	cameling, September 2012
A Life of Jesus by Shusaku Endo		1	JDHomrighausen, August 2012
In the Miso Soup by Ryū Murakami		1	StevenTX, August 2012
Piercing by Ryū Murakami		1	StevenTX, August 2012
[Silence] by [[Shusaku Endo]]		20	rebeccanyc, August 2012
Sixty-Nine by Ryū Murakami		2	rebeccanyc, July 2012
Ryu Murakami essay		10	rebeccanyc, July 2012
Coin Locker Babies by Ryu Murakami		2	lilisin, July 2012
The Box Man by Kobo Abe		6	socialpages, June 2012
The Woman in the Dunes by Kōbō Abé		10	Rise, May 2012
The Face of Another by Kobo Abe		3	lilisin, April 2012
The Sea and Poison by Shusaku Endo		7	lilisin, March 2012
Sanshirō by Natsume Sōseki		1	rebeccanyc, March 2012
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter		5	hemlokgang, February 2012
Kokoro by Natsume Soseki		2	rebeccanyc, February 2012
Botchan by Natsume Soseki		3	kidzdoc, January 2012
Stained Glass Elegies by Shusaku Endo		1	kidzdoc, January 2012
Volcano by Shusaku Endo		1	kidzdoc, January 2012
Petals of Blood by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o		9	EBT1002, January 2012
Junichiro Tanizaki's works		9	lilisin, January 2012
Matigari by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o		2	rebeccanyc, December 2011
Introducing Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o		12	laytonwoman3rd, December 2011
Weep Not, Child by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o		4	rebeccanyc, December 2011
The River Between by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o		6	jfetting, December 2011
Virginia Woolf: Jacob's Room		12	Nickelini, December 2011
Devil on the Cross by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o		1	rebeccanyc, November 2011
The Bad Girl		2	StevenTX, September 2011
The Feast of the Goat		5	rebeccanyc, September 2011
2011 potential authors		40	rebeccanyc, August 2011
Understanding J.M.G. Le Clézio		2	lilisin, August 2011
JMG Le Clezio's works		18	rebeccanyc, July 2011
MVL: In Praise of the Stepmother/Notebooks of Don Rigoberto		1	rebeccanyc, July 2011
The War at the End of the World		10	rebeccanyc, June 2011
Jose Saramago's works		22	janepriceestrada, April 2011
MVL: The Time of the Hero/La Ciudad y Los Perros		1	rebeccanyc, March 2011
The Way to Paradise		4	technodiabla, February 2011
Conversación en la catedral (Conversation in the Cathedral)		1	jfetting, February 2011
The Double		3	hemlokgang, February 2011
MVL: Who Killed Palomino Molero?		4	rebeccanyc, January 2011
Understanding Mario Vargas Llosa		2	alexdaw, January 2011
Reading Zweig.		45	hemlokgang, December 2010
Who is Jose Saramago?		2	deebee1, December 2010
Cormac McCarthy's works		11	jfetting, November 2010
Understanding Stefan Zweig.		9	jfetting, November 2010
Understanding Cormac McCarthy		5	technodiabla, November 2010
Zweig: Marie Antoinette		1	jfetting, October 2010
The World of Yesterday		1	jfetting, July 2010
Zweig: Amok & Other Stories		8	socialpages, July 2010
Zweig: The Post Office Girl		6	jfetting, May 2010
Nominate 3 authors for 2010.		58	kidzdoc, May 2010
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