I went with my friend, Anita, to a book lecture at the Crest Theatre on Wednesday night. It is part of a series of lectures sponsored by a public services literary arts organization, California Lectures. The author that night was Geraldine Brooks probably best known for her Pulitzer Prize winning novel, March. However, at the lecture she briefly touched on that historical novel, but rather focused her lecture on her new novel, People of the Book. This book "traces the journey of a rare illuminated Hebrew manuscript from convivencia Spain to the ruins of Sarajevo, from the Silver Age of Venice to the sunburned rock faces of northern Australia." Inspiration for the book came to her while she was a foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal and spent some time in Sarajevo. The Australian-born author was charming and delightful and gave a professional presentation of her work while peppering her lecture with wit, humor, and personal stories of her experiences as a journalist and writer. It was an excellent lecture and she is a fascinating woman. Lecture next month is Richard Powers, author of The Echomaker, which also happens to be my book club's current reading selection.
Sunday, February 10
Geraldine Brooks
I went with my friend, Anita, to a book lecture at the Crest Theatre on Wednesday night. It is part of a series of lectures sponsored by a public services literary arts organization, California Lectures. The author that night was Geraldine Brooks probably best known for her Pulitzer Prize winning novel, March. However, at the lecture she briefly touched on that historical novel, but rather focused her lecture on her new novel, People of the Book. This book "traces the journey of a rare illuminated Hebrew manuscript from convivencia Spain to the ruins of Sarajevo, from the Silver Age of Venice to the sunburned rock faces of northern Australia." Inspiration for the book came to her while she was a foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal and spent some time in Sarajevo. The Australian-born author was charming and delightful and gave a professional presentation of her work while peppering her lecture with wit, humor, and personal stories of her experiences as a journalist and writer. It was an excellent lecture and she is a fascinating woman. Lecture next month is Richard Powers, author of The Echomaker, which also happens to be my book club's current reading selection.
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