![]() ![]() When we asked campus faculty and staff for recommendations for this year’s topic, “Bio-graphy/Writing a Life,” we had no idea that our campus community would recommend books that are all more than simple retelling of people’s lives. These biographies and autobiographies are about the human spirit. ![]() To paraphrase the opening of Hermann Hesse’s great novel Demian, we are all more than just ourselves we each also represent the unique, the very special, and always significant and remarkable point at which the world’s phenomena intersect, only once in this way and never again. There is surely a title on this list that you’ll enjoy reading and that will truly inspire you. You may find them in bookstores, and all are available in the Berkeley campus libraries. The list itself is also available, along with past lists, at. We hope you’ll choose one of these books to read this summer, as a reminder that Berkeley is a vital intellectual community that generates and debates fascinating and important ideas.Īssociate University Librarian for Educational InitiativesĪ shocking memoir by Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas who recounts his journey from a poverty-stricken childhood in rural Cuba to his death in New York City. ![]()
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