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SUMMARY:International Book Group – The Sand Child
DESCRIPTION:The International Book Group at West Falmouth Library is a volunteer-led group that meets on the first Wednesday of each month 3:45-5 p.m. Selections have either foreign settings or foreign authors, usually both. New members are always welcome! Annual registration is requested to receive important communications about schedule or location changes; register below. Meetings are both in-person and on Zoom.\n\nRegister Here\n\nDrawing on the rich Arabic oral tradition, Ben Jelloun tells a story of power, colonialism, gender, and sexual identity in North Africa.\n\nPraise for The Sand Child: Ben Jelloun, a writer of much originality, succeeds brilliantly in infusing his story with a melancholy that attaches itself not just to Ahmed but also to the Arab world.―Chicago Tribune\nMythic, symbolic, at times even highly poetic . . . At the center of this magical tale the question of gender (and the tangential problems of race and culture) predominates . . . The ending is absolutely startling.―Washington Post Book World\n\nThe discussion schedule is as follows:\n\n\n\n9/3/2025\nOut of Darkness, Shining Light\nPetina Gappah\nAfrica\n\n\n10/1/2025\nMiss Benson’s Beetle\nRachel Joyce\nNew Caledonia\n\n\n11/5/2025\nThe Palace of Illusions\nChitra Banerjee Divakaruni\nIndia\n\n\n12/3/2025\nThe Sand Child\nTahar Ben Jelloun\nMorocco\n\n\n1/7/2026\nThe Green Road\nAnne Enright\nIreland\n\n\n2/4/2026\nMidaq Alley\nNajīb Maḥfūẓ\nCairo\n\n\n3/4/1936\nBirnam Wood\nEleanor Catton\nNew Zealand\n\n\n4/1/2026\nInfinite Country\nPatricia Engel\nColombia\n\n\n5/6/2026\nThe Return: Fathers, Sons, and the Land In Between\nHisham Matar\nCairo\n\n\n6/3/2026\nHurricane Season\nFernanda Melchor\nMexico\n\n\n\n \n
URL:https://www.westfalmouthlibrary.org/events/ibg-dec-2025/
ORGANIZER;CN=Becky Kanaley:MAILTO:becky@westfalmouthlibrary.org
CATEGORIES:Adults,Author Talks & Books
LOCATION:575 West Falmouth Highway, Falmouth, MA 02540
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