Book World: A familiar desecration made wrenchingly fresh
Ron Charles, The Washington Post
March 16, 2021
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By Imbolo Mbue
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In 2016, during a presidential campaign punctuated by racist alarms about immigration, Imbolo Mbue published her first novel about an African man struggling to become an American citizen. Informed by her own experience as an immigrant from Cameroon, Behold the Dreamers captured the hopes and frustrations of millions of people drawn to this country. Mbue s capacious sympathy and careful fidelity to the voices of her characters - from the extraordinarily rich to the precariously poor - made Behold the Dreamers one of the most illuminating and touching novels of the year. When it won the PEN/Faulkner prize, Mbue s success felt like a double celebration of the artistic talent of a young writer and the growing diversity of our literary canon.
Wednesday, April 21, 2021 - 3:00pm
Launched in 2020, the Contemporary Fiction Discussion Group (CFDG) enjoys lively and thought-provoking conversations about celebrated novels by prize-winning international authors. The group currently meets via Zoom, on the third Wednesday of each month, at 3 p.m., and welcomes new members.
The first meeting of 2021 is set for January 20 and the Library invites interested readers to contact: pking@ rocklandmaine.gov for more information.
Maureen Anne Jennings facilitates the CFDG. Jennings is an author and editor who lives in Rockland. Her fiction includes
Bartender Wanted and
The early 2021 schedule launches with
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett on January 20;
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