This week we put on our professor hats and create college courses. Peter lays out why WWII provides such an interesting setting for novels. Meanwhile, Matt leads the discussion on why society is like prison.
Books mentioned:
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk
The Naked and The Dead by Norman Mailer
The Balkan Trilogy by Olivia Manning
The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada
Against the Grain by James C Scott
Understanding Media by Marshall McLuhan
Welcome to the Machine by Derrick Jensen and George Draffan
Demian by Hermann Hesse
The Magus by John Fowles
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey