Deep Dish Theater Company invites you to join a lively, informal discussion of Erik Larson's In the Garden of Beasts, Monday, September 12, at 7 p.m. at Flyleaf Books.
The conversation, presented in conjunction with the theater's production of After the Revolution, will be led by Evelyn Daniel and is free and open to the public. No prior attendance or registration is required.
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and An American Family in Hitler's Berlin, follows William E. Dodd and his daughter, Martha, after Dodd is unexpectedly appointed the first American ambassador to Nazi Germany. In 1933 the pair leave America and move into a grand house on Berlin's central park, the Tiergarten (the Garden of Beasts). What follows, as Hitler's political party gains momentum and the energy and optimism of their new city turns to terror, are things that neither could have ever imagined.
Erik Larson is the author of three New York Times bestsellers, including The Devil in the White City, an Edgar Award winner for nonfiction crime writing and a National Book Award finalist. A former features writer for The Wall Street Journal and Time magazine, where he still contributes, Larson has also published stories in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, and Harper's, to name a few. He is best known for his historical nonfiction work, which include books that cover the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 and the invention of radio.
In the Garden of Beasts will be the first of four Deep Dish Theater Book Discussions this season, each tied to one of the theater's stage offerings. The series will continue on November 14 with Where God was Born; a Journey by Land to the Roots of Religion by Bruce Feiler (in conjunction with the Deep Dish production of Nathan the Wise by Gottholt Lessing). March 12 will feature a discussion of a number of books examining the race to the South Pole, including The Last Place on Earth by Roland Huntford; The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard; Race to the End: Amundsen, Scott and the Attainment of the South Pole by Ross D.E. MacPhee; Race for the South Pole: the Expedition Diaries of Scott and Amundsen; and Beryl Bainbridge's The Birthday Boys (play: Terra Nova by Ted Tally). The series will conclude on May 14 with a look at Douglas Adams' A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (play: Henceforward... by Alan Ayckbourn). All discussion will start at 7 pm at Flyleaf Books.
Flyleaf Books is a full-service, community-oriented independent bookstore, locally-owned by three long-time Chapel Hillians with a love and knowledge of books, a commitment to providing stellar customer service, and experience in the book trade. The store is located at 752 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd (Historic Airport Rd) in Chapel Hill, next to Foster's Market and Flying Burrito.
Deep Dish Theater Company is located in Chapel Hill's University Mall, located on Estes Drive and US 15-501.
