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Join co-hosts Anne Moore and Chris Stacey for an innovative, exciting, and passionate approach to world literature. We select a country and pick three books over the course of three months: one contemporary, one non-fiction, and one classic. Our current country is Japan. In our third meeting we discuss the classic selection The Makioka Sisters, Junichiro Tanizaki, translated by Edward G. Seidensticker.
Tsuruko, the eldest sister of the once-wealthy Makioka family, clings obstinately to the prestige of her family name even as her husband prepares to move their household to Tokyo, where that name means nothing. Sachiko compromises valiantly to secure the future of her younger sisters. The shy, unmarried Yukiko is a hostage to her family’s exacting standards, while the spirited Taeko rebels by flinging herself into scandalous romantic alliances and dreaming of studying fashion design in France. Filled with vignettes of a vanishing way of life, The Makioka Sisters is a poignant yet unsparing portrait of a family—and an entire society—sliding into the abyss of modernity.
We hope to see you in October to help us create a community you’ll find inviting, fun, engaging and a place to sustain meaningful friendships.
Date: Thursday, October 9, 2025
Time: 6:00PM Central
Location: We meet for a social hour, light dinner, and book discussion at a club member's home in Lincoln Park. You receive an email with the location and more details once you register.
Cost: $10 suggested donation.
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