Faith in Fiction will meet on Monday, May 15th at 7pm to discuss Remembering by Wendell Berry.
Location - 803 Cattleya Ct. Louisville, KY 40207
“After losing his hand in an accident, Andy Catlett confronts an agronomist whose surreal vision can see only industrial farming. This vision is powerfully contrasted with that of modest Amish farmers content to live outside the pressures brought by capitalist postindustrial progress, and by working the land to keep away the three great evils of boredom, vice, and need.
As Andy’s perspective filters through his anger over his loss and the harsh city of San Francisco surrounding him, he begins to remember: the people and places that wait 2,000 miles away in his Kentucky home, the comfort he knew as a farmer, and his symbiotic relationship to the soil. Andy laments the modern shift away from the love of the land, even as he begins to accept his own changed relationship to the world. Wendell Berry’s continued fascination with the power of memory continues in this treasured novel set in 1976.” — Counterpoint Publishing
Our book discussions aim to equip each member to read and interpret cultural artifacts thoughtfully from a Christian perspective, and to learn to discuss challenging content graciously.
Mark your calendar for upcoming books:
Monday, July 17th - The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
Monday, September 18th - Godric by Frederick Buechner
Monday, November 20th - The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky