World of Books March Meeting

World of Books Book Group meets Wednesday,  March 7th at 4pm at the Library. Discussing Pereira Maintains by Antonio Tabucci. Translated from Italian by Patrick Creagh. Setting: Portugal.

New members are always welcome to join our lively literary discussions. Feel free to just listen in, or participate in the conversation.

Summary from CLAMS: Set in the sweltering summer of 1938 in Portugal, a country under the Fascist shadow of Spain, PEREIRA MAINTAINS tells a tale of reluctant heroism. Dr. Peirera, an editor at a second-rate Lisbon newspaper, wants nothing to do with European politics. He’s happy to translate 19th-century French stories. His closest confidante is a photograph of his late wife. All this changes when he meets Francesco Monteiro Rossi, an oddly charismatic young man. Pereira gives Rossi work, and continues to pay him, even after discovering that he is using the money to recruit for the anti-Franco International Brigade. PEREIRA MAINTAINS chronicles Pereira’s ascent to consciousness, culminating in a devastating and reckless act of rebellion.