Interpreter of Maladies on BPL online book discu

melrose · August 2007

Interpreter of Maladies by Brooklynite Jhumpa Lahiri will be the next book to be discussed at Brooklyn Public Library's online book discussion. It's free and easy to join in!

For more info, go to brooklynbooktalk.blogspot.com or the original book discussion post here.

sevenoneeighty · August 2007

thanks,

I loved that book.

pitu · August 2007

I missed this the first time you posted - thanks for coming back with the new titles!

melrose wrote: We at Brooklyn Public Library launched an online book discussion earlier in the summer, and we want to spread the word about it! It's at brooklynbooktalk.blogspot.com -- yes, the blog format makes it a little more difficult to conduct an actual discussion (the discussion actually takes place in the comments to posts), but right now the project is a pilot and the more successful it is, the more likely we can develop a better and more user-friendly platform.

Here is a full blurb about it:

Want a new way to discuss books and literature? Can't make it to your library's book discussion? Join other readers online! Brooklyn Public Library has started an online book discussion.

We kicked off with Siddhartha, Hermann Hesse's exploration of the tensions between spirituality and worldliness. Other titles include The Night Watch, about four young Londoners struggling through World War II, by Sarah Waters and The Lost Painting, Jonathan Harr's real-life detective story from the art world. Right now we're discussing Grief by Andrew Holleran, a brief but powerful portrayal of the many ways in which people mourn.

Via this online book discussion, BPL will offer entertainment and education by providing a platform for lively, engaging, friendly, and probing discussion and debate, 24 hours a day. All you need to participate is an enthusiasm for books and for talking about them. Discussions will change every month and are led by BPL librarians.

Go to brooklynbooktalk.blogspot.com for more information and to join in.

sweet tea · August 2007

am i going to the right place? i keep just finding posts about Grief.

melrose · August 2007

Yes, you're in the right place -- we've been doing one title per month, so these are the last few days of Grief and I posted the message about Interpreter here so that people would have time to read it by the beginning of September...get revved up...etc.

kevin_on_putnam · August 2007

Jhumpa Lahiri gave a reading from The Namesake last summer in Clinton Hill Park; she lives in the neighborhood. This book is a collection of short stories and well worth reading.

sweet tea · August 2007

agreed; it's one of my favorite books. i liked it much better than the namesake, though that was good too. i think "when mr. pirzada came to dine" might be my favorite of the stories, but "this blessed house" is a fun one to start with if you're just dipping into the book and not reading in order, imho.

melrose · September 2007

The Interpreter discussion is up on the site now: brooklynbooktalk.blogspot.com.

I finally read the book yesterday (mostly on the bus to and from the Woodstock Farm Sanctuary, which is a really good day trip, by the way). I also liked it better than The Namesake. It had been a while since I read a short story, much less a book of them. The last ("The Third and Final Continent," I think is the name) was the most immediately satisfying to me, and a good ending for the book, but, yes, "Mr. Pirzada" was lovely, too.

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