Event Type:
Book DiscussionProgram Description
Library events are always free to the public and you do not need a library card to attend!
The Farmington Community Library has two locations. This event will be held in Conference Room B at the FCL Farmington Hills location at 32737 W 12 Mile Rd., Farmington Hills, MI 48334.
No registration is required.
Each month the group meets to discuss literary works which have stood the "test of time" and are generally considered classics of their genre.
Limited copies of book discussion titles will be available at the Information Desks at both FCL locations approximately 30 days before the discussion.
This month we will be reading Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
Synopsis:
Half a millennium from now, in the World State, the watchword is that every one belongs to every one else. No matter what class of human you are bred to be—from the intellectual Alphas to the Epsilons who provide the manual labor—you are a part of the efficient, well-oiled whole. You are nourished, secure, and blissfully serene thanks to the freely distributed drug called soma. And while sex is strongly encouraged, the old way of procreation is forbidden, eliminating even the pains of childbirth. But when a man and woman journey beyond these confines to where the “savages” reside, and bring back two outsiders, the cracks begin to show.
Named as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the twentieth century by the Modern Library, Brave New World is one of the first truly dystopian novels. Influenced by the historic events of Huxley’s era yet as relevant today as ever, it is a remarkable depiction of the conflict between progress and the human spirit.
Disclaimer(s)
To request ADA accommodations, such as wheelchair access or sign language interpretation, please complete the Accommodation Request Form at least 10 days before the event.