Held the third Monday of each month, the selections are primarily contemporary fiction. The convener attempts to identify books that have excellent reviews, but may have been missed by readers.
Monday, September 20, 2010
What We Are Reading in October
The Coral Thief, by Rebecca Stott. The book, set in post-revolutionary France, is the author's second novel. She has also written academic books on Victorian Literature. See her website for more biographical information and reviews of her work.
What I liked about this book are three things 1.The setting: Post Napoleon Paris with catacombs; 2.The main character: a feminist before her time, an Aristocrat who survives the terror yet admires what Napoleon’s reign wrought– the right to ask scientific questions, a geologist, and a thief; 3.The heist.
I forgot to provide a link to information on the quarries and catacombs underneath Paris, which are a major feature of the book. Here is a website on the history and geology of the quarries.
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What I liked about this book are three things
1.The setting: Post Napoleon Paris with catacombs;
2.The main character: a feminist before her time, an Aristocrat who survives the terror yet admires what Napoleon’s reign wrought– the right to ask scientific questions, a geologist, and a thief;
3.The heist.
I forgot to provide a link to information on the quarries and catacombs underneath Paris, which are a major feature of the book. Here is a website on the history and geology of the quarries.
http://exploration.urban.free.fr/carrieres/indexus.htm#exploitation
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