Online: World Lit Now! - The Tsar of Love and Techno

The title for this month is The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra.

This short story collection introduces a cast of characters whose lives intersect in both life-affirming and heartbreaking ways. A 1930’s Soviet censor painstakingly corrects offending photographs. A chorus of women recount their stories and those of their grandmothers, former gulag prisoners who settled in their Siberian mining town. Young men across the USSR face violence at home and in the military. And, great sacrifices are made in the name of an oil landscape unremarkable except for the almost incomprehensibly peaceful past it depicts.

Join us for World Lit Now!, a book-discussion group focused on recently published, award-winning literature from around the globe. We meet on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 10:30 am from January through November. Meetings via Zoom. New readers are always welcome! Barb Jennes, Ridgefield’s Poet Laureate, leads the group’s always-lively discussions. Please register below.

*Everyone who registers below will receive the Zoom link.

Many of the book discussion titles can be downloaded via the Library's Hoopla or Overdrive services. Check for video instructions on using Hoopla. Print copies are available at the Library for most book groups. Call 203-438-2282 about reserving books. Copies can also be purchased at Books on the Common at a 15% discount.

If you have not received your Zoom link by the day before the book discussion please email lmbachmann@ridgefieldlibrary.org

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