World Literature Book Club Online
Where in the world will your next book take you? Join us as we sample a variety of contemporary and classical world literature, including works in translation. Our exploration of international literary perspectives and traditions provides a deeper understanding of other cultures and global diversity.
This book club meets the 4th Tuesday of each month on Zoom. To get the Zoom link please register below.
This month we'll be discussing Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah.
While he was still a little boy, Ilyas was stolen from his parents by the German colonial troops. After years away, fighting in a war against his own people, he returns to his village to find his parents gone, and his sister Afiya given away.
Another young man returns at the same time. Hamza was not stolen for the war, but sold into it; he has grown up at the right hand of an officer whose protection has marked him life. With nothing but the clothes on his back, he seeks only work and security – and the love of the beautiful Afiya.
As fate knots these young people together, as they live and work and fall in love, the shadow of a new war on another continent lengthens and darkens, ready to snatch them up and carry them away…
- Date:
- Tuesday, April 25, 2023 Show more dates
- Time:
- 7:00pm - 8:30pm
- Time Zone:
- Pacific Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Online
- Online:
- This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
- Audience:
- Adults
- Categories:
- Book Clubs Online