Welcome to a new season! Today we’re talking all about cities in literature – what cities represent, what ‘setting as character’ really means, and books we’ve read that really capture the magic of cities. We then share the seven books we’ll be reading this season, along with context and background, and the themes and elements we’ll be paying attention to as we read.

Books Mentioned:

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Bangkok Wakes to Rain by Pitchaya Sudbanthad

Brooklyn by Colm Toibin

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

White Teeth by Zadie Smith

The City We Became by NK Jemison

Such a Long Journey by Rohinton Mistry

The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk

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