Manchester City Library » Great Gatsby http://manchesterlibrary.org Manchester, NH's Online Library Sun, 20 May 2012 11:00:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Extra Copies of The Great Gatsby are In! http://manchesterlibrary.org/read/983 http://manchesterlibrary.org/read/983#comments Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:46:22 +0000 Steve Viggiano http://manchesterlibrary.org/?p=983 Did you read Lilly the Librarian’s post on March 5th? If so, then you’ve already heard about southern New Hampshire’s participation in The Big Read. This year’s choice is The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s jazz age novel about the dark side of the American dream. We’re offering you a whole list of events in March and April centered on Fitzgerald’s work, from movies to dancing to live jazz. We hope our programs add to your enjoyment of the book, and vice versa.

To make sure that everybody who wants to has a chance to read The Great Gatsby, we’ve borrowed 40 extra copies! Twenty will be available at each branch. To borrow yours, simply present your valid library card at the circulation desk at either library.

Thanks to Northeast Cultural Coop for providing the extra copies. For more information on The Big Read’s efforts nationwide, visit www.neabigread.org.

]]> http://manchesterlibrary.org/read/983/feed 0 Gatsby Revisited http://manchesterlibrary.org/read/925 http://manchesterlibrary.org/read/925#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:19:25 +0000 Arlene http://manchesterlibrary.org/?p=925 I recently re-read The Great Gatsby. It was chosen by the National Endowment of the Arts as “the big read” for 2009 and my book club and I decided to take a trip down memory lane. Since Gatsby was never my favorite book, I vowed to look at it with an open mind. And what a revelation it was. If you want a glimpse at what Fitzgerald christened “The Jazz Age” and all its excesses, Fitzgerald lived it and could describe it accurately. Besides being a fascinating character study, the American Dream and the means Gatsby used to achieve it is central to the story. However, the writing is what made me glad I read the book again. Anyone who can describe someone as “a gorgeous scarcely human orchid of a woman” definitely has my admiration. There will be events locally and throughout New Hampshire surrounding The Big Read this month and next, so you might want to dust off your copy of The Great Gatsby and join the celebration.

MCL Notes, the library’s newsletter on line, has a complete schedule of local “Gatsby” events starting with the kickoff on March 20 at the Currier Museum. The library will follow suit on March 25 with a showing of the 1974 film starring Robert Redford and Mia Farrow.

Lilly the Librarian – 3/5/09

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