(It’s hard to stop. If you were ten years old and I had three minutes to fill your backpack with books, the ones I’d pick would be The Westing Game, The Giver, Haroun and the Sea of Stories, The Egypt Game, The Twenty-One Balloons, and The Princess Bride. Of this list, there are a few I’d certainly recommend more than others. It is also, almost certainly, incomplete. Most are for children around Ian’s age, but some are for adults, and two are for very young children. This is a list of one particular thing: the real books and book series mentioned by name. There are also many authors and poets mentioned.
Her first novel, The Borrower, is a Booklist Top Ten Debut, an Indie Next pick, an O Magazine selection, and one of Chicago Magazine s choices for best fiction of 2011. There are several book parodies, where Lucy starts narrating in the style of a famous book. Rebecca Makkai is a Chicago-based writer whose second novel, The Hundred-Year House, will be available from Viking/Penguin in summer, 2014. There are quite a few fake books mentioned by (fake) name. There are many more books in The Borrower alluded to but not mentioned by name. I didn’t until a lovely reader named Sharon Cox actually went through the whole book and wrote down all the ones she could find. In many ways, The Borrower is Lucy's coming-of-age story as much as it is about Ian.Since The Borrower appeared in 2011, I’ve had a number of people ask if I have a list of all the books Lucy gives Ian. What were the seminal books of your childhood? Are any of them mentioned in The Borrower?ĩ. Is he driven purely by profit, or do you think he truly believes it's possible and right to change one's sexual orientation?Ĩ. The "reformed" homosexual Pastor Bob is both a hilarious and a tragic character. Do you think Americans ever completely shrug off the shadow of their ancestors' homeland?ħ. Even though she was born in America, Lucy frequently meditates on her Russian heritage.
25) Is Ian as resilient as Sophie thinks?Ħ. Shit will hit the fan when he announces he's gay, but he'll get through it." (p. Sophie Bennett, a teacher at Ian's school, tells Lucy that Ian will "do fine no matter what. Under what circumstances is it acceptable to take a child away from his or her parents? Based on what you know about Janet Drake, is she an "unfit" parent?ĥ. Do you think that "Hull" is her true name, or did she choose it because it fits "snug between Huck and Humbert"? (p. Lucy claims that "Hannibal" is not the town's true name. Do you trust Lucy's version of events? Is she a reliable narrator?Ģ. In the eyes of the law, taking Ian away from Hannibal is a criminal act, but it's difficult to fault Lucy for her actions.
Warning: May contain spoilers Questions and Topics for Discussionġ.
0 kommentar(er)
