The Hemingway Book Club of Kosovo Reading Guide & Discussion Questions

1. The Old Man and the Sea really touched Huntley's students and enabled them to talk about deeply personal and painful subjects. Did you ever read a book (with one or more other people) that became a vehicle for conversation about very personal and painful subjects? What was the book?
   


2. Leonard, the Professor, and Huntley's other students demonstrated incredible hope and optimism despite terrible adversity. What in their lives or in their personalities made this possible? Can you imagine yourself, in the same circumstances, demonstrating such hope and optimism?
   


3. Huntley tries to teach her students about the perils of stereotyping—to avoid saying, "All Americans are this," "all Serbs are that," and so forth. Do you ever find yourself stereotyping? Why is it so easy or appealing to stereotype?
   

Unless otherwise stated, this discussion guide is reprinted with the permission of Jeremy P Tarcher. Any page references refer to a USA edition of the book, usually the trade paperback version, and may vary in other editions.