Literary Book Group with Mark Scarbrough

There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak (2024)
Thursday, April 23, 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. or 7:30 – 9:00 p.m. via Zoom

Mark writes: Shafak is surely one of the greatest Turkish writers . . . and she proves herself so with this novel about the history of a drop of water, told through the lives of multiple, interconnected characters, starting back in the days of ancient Ninevah, moving up through Dickensian London, and then into the modern war-torn world. I think her novel best sums up what this current set of the Book Group’s list is about: world-building with the unknown or unknowable as the keystone in the architecture. Water cannot escape our planet, but it apparently can escape history.

If you are new to the Book Group and would like to participate in the online discussion, please email Mark at markwrites@bruceandmark.com, and he will email you a formal invitation link to the online discussion group.