What Great Books Can Teach You
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
At the age of 27 Christopher Beha quit his job and moved back into his parents' apartment. There, he decides to read all 51 volumes of the Harvard Classics Library, a collection of Western literature that spans everything from Plato to Darwin. His attempt to do that, along with some personal trauma that occurs along the way is the basis for his memoir The Whole Five Feet: What the Great Books Taught Me.
Event: Christopher Beha will be discussing his book with editor Jofie Ferrari-Adler
Wednesday, May 13th, at 7:00 pm
McNally Jackson
52 Prince Street
Guests:
Christopher Beha
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Comments [3]
Thank you Messrs Lopate and Beha for this fascinating interview. I plan to purchase the book.
I wish Mr Lopate had had more time to ask about how the author's illness and his aunt's illness played a role in 1.) writing the book--was it therapeutic to publish? 2.) his attitude toward disease and recurrence of disease.
Well, I suppose, I'll just have to go out and purchase the book to find the answers to these questions.
Thank you again, Mr Lopate, for this stimulating interview.
I am currently writing a book about the year I spent reading books by people who spent a year doing some particular thing.
Re Cicero: Wrong. Read his letters--very informative and very relevant today.
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