About us
This is a book club for readers who crave depth. We read fiction that wrestles with the big questions—freedom, suffering, morality, meaning, love, death, and the human condition.
Our focus is on fiction that engages with big philosophical ideas. Think Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Camus, Kafka, Kundera, Nietzsche, Bulgakov, and others. If a novel leaves you thinking for days or sparks a philosophical crisis, it probably belongs here.
This club values openness, curiosity, and genuine conversation. No academic background required. Just bring your thoughts and an open mind.
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The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway
Yards Brewing Company, 500 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, PA, USThe Old Man and the Sea is a 1952 novella by the American author Ernest Hemingway. Written between December 1950 and February 1951, it was the last major fictional work Hemingway published during his lifetime. It tells the story of Santiago, an aging fisherman, and his long struggle to catch a giant marlin.
Free PDF to read: https://ia802900.us.archive.org/33/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.182865/2015.182865.Old-Man-And-The-Sea_text.pdf
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The Queen of Spades - Alexander Pushkin
Yards Brewing Company, 500 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, PA, USHermann, a young German officer serving in the Engineers regiment, is obsessed by gambling, although he never indulges in it himself. One night he hears a tale about how a wealthy 87-year-old Countess in St. Petersburg once learned the secret of how to win on three cards from the Duc d'Orleans. He becomes obsessed with learning the secret himself.
PDF link to the novella (page 17 to 69): https://www.gutenberg.org/files/55024/55024-h/55024-h.htm#Page_17
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