Wednesday, April 11, 2018

The Sound of Things Falling by Juan Gabriel Vasquez April 2018

April 2018 selection  The Sound of Things Falling by Juan Gabriel Vasquez


The Fairfax Library Book Discussion Group will meet Thursday, April 12th at 7 p.m. in the meeting room of the Fairfax Library to discuss our April book, The Sound of Things Falling by Juan Gabriel Vasquez.

Discussion questions, author interview and reviews are attached.

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Coming up, we have the following books to look forward to reading:



Thurs. June 14th          Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett



Thanks for reading with us. I look forward to seeing you at the Fairfax Library.

Beth Bailey-Gates
Friends of the Fairfax Library


DISCUSSION QUESTIONS


1.                You could say that the shadow of Garcia Márquez's magic realism still hangs over Latin American literature. Vásquez, a fellow Colombian, has said that he finds the idea of Latin America as a magical and marvellous place absurd. How did you respond to his realist style of writing?
2.                Did you find the novel shocking? Why or why not?
3.          Vásquez has said that he considers this novel to be autobiographical, not in the sense that these things happened to him, but in the sense that they are things he witnessed. Is this a useful way to think about fiction written about the recent past?
4.                          Is it possible for anyone to escape the repercussions of a drug culture? Is drug smuggling a political or economic issue?
5. The novel opens with a hippopotamus. What does it represent for you?



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