Pageturners September Evening Book Discussion
Pageturners September Evening Book Discussion
Wed, Sep 14, 5:30 PM
Orange Library (part of Central West Libraries) • Orange, NSW
Free
Pageturners August Daytime Book Discussion
Date and time
Location
Orange Library (part of Central West Libraries)
Civic Square
147 Byng Street
Orange, NSW 2800
Australia
Join us for a discussion about The Promise by Damon Galgut.
About this event
Love reading? Join us for a discussion about thought-provoking books. This month we will talk about The Promise by Damon Galgut.
The Promise is an expansive family novel that explores the interconnected relationships between members of one family through the sequential lens of multiple funerals. Death assumes here both a closing but also an opening into lives lived. It is an unusual narrative style that balances Faulknerian exuberance with Nabokovian precision, pushes boundaries, and is a testament to the flourishing of the novel in the 21st century. In The Promise, Damon Galgut makes a strong, unambiguous commentary on the history of South Africa and of humanity itself that can best be summed up in the question: does true justice exist in this world? The novel’s way of tackling this question is what makes it an accomplishment and truly deserving of its 2021 Booker Prize for fiction win.