Links & notes: 'A State of Freedom'

Thank you to everyone who joined this month's discussion of A State of Freedom by Neel Mukherjee. This book garnered high marks among readers for Mukherjee's multi-faceted presentation of India.

Books, films, stories, and more from around the world arose during the discussion:

• UNESCO's photos of Fatehpur Sikri, the imperial walled city visited by the father and son in the first section of the novel. (Or take a short video tour!)

• A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry

• The Children of Sanchez: Autobiography of a Mexican Family by Oscar Lewis

• William Faulkner's short story "The Bear" - You can listen to an audio recording of the story here

• The Jewel in the Crown - British mini-series adaptation of Paul Scott's Raj Quartet novels

• The Elephanta Suite by Paul Theroux

• More about the author: "20 Questions with Neel Mukherjee"

Our September Discussion

On Sunday, September 18, we will discuss French Lessons: A Memoir by Alice Kaplan:

"Brilliantly uniting the personal and the critical, French Lessons is a powerful autobiographical experiment. It tells the story of an American woman escaping into the French language and of a scholar and teacher coming to grips with her history of learning. Kaplan begins with a distinctly American quest for an imaginary France of the intelligence. But soon her infatuation with all things French comes up against the dark, unimagined recesses of French political and cultural life." (more)

Details

Sunday, September 18

11:00 am to approx. 12:15 pm Pacific Time

Online - Zoom link to be sent next month