The Veterans Book Club will be meeting to discuss the book Redeployment by Phil Klay on Thursday Feb 10 at 5:30, both on Zoom and in person in room 301 of the library.
This 2014 National Book Award winning collection of short stories was selected by the New York Times as one of the 10 Best Books of the Year. The powerful stories in Redeployment cover the tragedy and absurdity of war, and the consequences for those who return from war. The New York Times reviewer Dexter Filkens compares it favorably to Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried. Filkens writes that the book is “hilarious, biting, whipsawing and sad. It’s the best thing written so far on what the war did to people’s souls.”
The Veterans Book Club is open to everyone interested in veteran’s experiences, stimulating discussion and good books. Please contact Rhonda Culbertson (rculbert@iusb.edu) with questions, for the Zoom link and for a free copy of the book. For additional information visit the blog, https://vetsbookclub.wordpress.com/
The book club is supported by a generous gift from Jerry and Dorene Hammes.