CRS Book Club: Kantika: A Novel by Elizabeth Graver
Thursday, January 4, 2024 • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Kantika by Elizabeth Graver
“In 1985, when I was twenty-one, I taped my grandmother Rebecca telling stories from her life. …Two decades passed before I returned to the tapes … Slowly, I began to write, and once I started, I couldn’t stop.”
The resulting multi-generational saga moves from Istanbul to Barcelona, Havana and New York, exploring identity, place and exile, and celebrating the insistence on seizing beauty and grabbing hold of one’s life.
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Book Club gathers once a month to discuss literature (fiction, non-fiction, poetry, or plays) written by a Jewish author or with a theme of Jewish interest. Meetings are self-moderated and led by different members each month. The group nominates and selects their reading material. Every meeting provides spirited conversation and a chance to learn in a stimulating environment.
Click here to see what we’re reading each month.
Kantika by Elizabeth Graver
“In 1985, when I was twenty-one, I taped my grandmother Rebecca telling stories from her life. …Two decades passed before I returned to the tapes … Slowly, I began to write, and once I started, I couldn’t stop.”
The resulting multi-generational saga moves from Istanbul to Barcelona, Havana and New York, exploring identity, place and exile, and celebrating the insistence on seizing beauty and grabbing hold of one’s life.
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Book Club gathers once a month to discuss literature (fiction, non-fiction, poetry, or plays) written by a Jewish author or with a theme of Jewish interest. Meetings are self-moderated and led by different members each month. The group nominates and selects their reading material. Every meeting provides spirited conversation and a chance to learn in a stimulating environment.
Click here to see what we’re reading each month.
