The Tompkins County Public
Library, in partnership with Cornell University’s New Student Reading Project,
has announced the selection of Romain Gary’s “The Life Before Us” as the 2012
Community Read.
An emotionally-energized read, “The Life Before Us,” offers readers a glimpse into the life of Momo, an orphaned Arab boy being raised-- along with an ever-changing cast of children of prostitutes—by an ailing and aging, retired “lady of the night.”
Written under the pseudonym Emile Ajar, the book was the 1975 winner of France’s premier literary prize, the Prix Goncourt, and has been lauded for its imaginative characters and skirting of traditional literary rules.
Copies of “The Life Before Us” will be available for circulation at TCPL beginning July 2.
Now in its 11th year, the Community Read encourages community members to experience the bond of literature by reading and discussing the same title.
Programs related to the 2012 Community Read will be announced in the coming weeks.
For more information, or to request copies of the book for a book group or community agency, contact Reader’s Services Librarian Sarah Glogowski at (607) 272-4557 extension 255 or sglogowski@tcpl.org.
An emotionally-energized read, “The Life Before Us,” offers readers a glimpse into the life of Momo, an orphaned Arab boy being raised-- along with an ever-changing cast of children of prostitutes—by an ailing and aging, retired “lady of the night.”
Written under the pseudonym Emile Ajar, the book was the 1975 winner of France’s premier literary prize, the Prix Goncourt, and has been lauded for its imaginative characters and skirting of traditional literary rules.
Copies of “The Life Before Us” will be available for circulation at TCPL beginning July 2.
Now in its 11th year, the Community Read encourages community members to experience the bond of literature by reading and discussing the same title.
Programs related to the 2012 Community Read will be announced in the coming weeks.
For more information, or to request copies of the book for a book group or community agency, contact Reader’s Services Librarian Sarah Glogowski at (607) 272-4557 extension 255 or sglogowski@tcpl.org.
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