We had one of our more lively discussions as we shared our responses to Salman Rushdie's "Midnight's Children. We agreed that exhilarating and exhausting was the best way to describe our reactions. It was an epic tale told through mystical realism, of children born at the moment of partition of India and Pakistan. The mystical realism helped some of us simply let the story wash over us, while it defied the efforts of others to follow the plot and keep the characters separate. We came to agreement on the power, humor, and beauty of the writing and the scope of the story.
Our next book will be "The City of Falling Angels" by John Berendt.. Here is a link to one of the many reviews of this novel, this one from the New York Times.
We next meet Wednesday, April 5, in Room 115 of the Richardson Library. Discussion begins at 1:30, with the room open at 1 pm. for anyone who wants to bring in a brown bag lunch. For further information contact Kathryn DeGraff or Helen Marlborough.
As we considered titles for future consideration, rather than simply review our existing lists, we decided to have all participants submit titles they would like to read to Kathryn DeGraff. We review the list at each meeting.
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