Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall by Kazuo Ishiguro

We'll read "Crooner" for the meeting on Sept 3, "Come Rain or Shine" for Sept 10, and "Malvern Hills" for Sept 17. We may continue with the last two stories in weeks following.

Come ill- or well-prepared, on a whim or with detailed questions.

First Meeting

The KIS Book Club begins this Thursday at 5pm in the KIS library. Snacks and drinks provided this week by Izumi. We're reading a single short story by Kazuo Ishiguro "Crooner" from the recently released collection Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall. See appropriate link for more information about the book, which may be available to borrow should you wish to keep from spending yen. Leave a comment if you'd like to participate in the book-borrow. We'll cover at least three short stories from Nocturnes, possibly all five.

Since we are just beginning, we will keep Thursdays at 5 as only a tentative time. Things may change, and if they do, I'll update the blog ASAP.

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Voting

Cast your votes for the following categories. Since we must get this thing off the ground, we'll call an end to the voting--unless otherwise amended--Monday, 24 August, at midnight. On Tuesday--and again, unless otherwise amended--we'll make the final decisions regarding the following matters:

1) Frequency (weekly, biweekly, monthly)
2) Density (50 pages per week, 100 pages per week, etc.)
3) Place (cafe, park, river, etc.)
4) Incentive (tea, coffee, sweets, etc.)

If you have other items for discussion, please comment.

Introduction

A book club, open to all who bear imagination or sword. As to the intensity of the thing, we must still decide. Weekly, biweekly, monthly? Please comment as to your preference. And how many pages per week? 50, 100, 200? Please comment as to your preference.

In general, we shall meet at intervals to be determined after having read a density to be determined with the open-mindedness of one who must fit a square peg into a round hole or be poisoned. We might talk about one thing or another, but certainly we will talk about something.

As for ritual, one of the pillars of organizations, we must choose a place and time and probably some sort of reward for having attended such as tea or beef steaks. These will also be items for voting.

Please cast your votes in the space provided under the title "Voting".

See you when the moon is just right for howling.