Cuesta College’s popular Book of the Year program is gearing up with a variety of events throughout the coming weeks. This year’s book is bestselling novel The Barbarian Nurseries, which explores the theme of being an immigrant in the United States of America today. Pulitzer Prize winning L.A. Times journalist and author Héctor Tobar will discuss the novel on Cuesta College’s San Luis Obispo Campus on March 15. Nurseries tells the story of a live-in Hispanic maid in Southern California who encounters a bizarre chain of events involving her mixed race employers that stirs up painful social, racial and class conflicts.
The upcoming events include:
Tobar’s visit to Cuesta College will take place on Tuesday, March 15, 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., in the Cultural and Performing Arts Center. General admission tickets are $5 and can be purchased at www.cpactickets.cuesta.edu or by calling (805) 546-3198. Tickets for Cuesta College students are free and can be obtained by calling (805) 546-3190. For general information about the Book of the Year Program, please contact Carina Love at clove@cuesta.edu.
The Book of the Year Program is a project of the Academic Senate of Cuesta College and is organized by the Cuesta College Book of the Year Committee. For more information please visit www.library.cuesta.edu/book/ or follow the Book of the Year program on Facebook and Twitter.
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