Latiné - X Book Club - "The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love"

Name: Latiné - X Book Club - "The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love"
Start: 2024-09-25T12:00:00-06:00
Location: 200 E Picacho Ave, Las Cruces, NM, United States, New Mexico 88001

Schedule

Wed Sep 25 2024 at 12:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

200 E Picacho Ave, Las Cruces, NM, United States, New Mexico 88001 | Las Cruces, NM

¡Amigues! There’s power in seeing yourself in the books you read. Latiné book clubs offer a supportive space to celebrate literature together. All are invited to read about and discuss the social dynamics of our lived experience across Latiné origin or descent. Join us on the third Wednesday of the month at noon for a lunchtime book discussion at the Thomas Branigan Memorial Library or online via Zoom.
Our book discussion for September will be "The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love" by Oscar Hijuelos
It tells the story of two Cuban brothers and musicians, Cesar and Nestor Castillo, who immigrated to the United States and settled in New York City in the early 1950s. The novel follows their lives, loves, and struggles as they try to make it in the music industry. The novel was a huge international bestseller and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1990.
You can read the book by checking it out from the reference desk starting September 1st or by accessing it as an e-book or audiobook on Libby and Hoopla apps.
Registration is optional. If you choose to register you will get a reminder of the event sent to your email.
Read the book and or see the movie! There will be a screening of the film The Mambo Kings, based on the book.