Book & Film Club: A Play for the End of the World

Review led by Cynthia Good

Cynthia Good reviews Jai Chakrabarti’s novel, a provocative exploration of the role of art in times of political upheaval, and a deeply moving reminder of the power of the past to shape the present. The review will begin at 1:30 p.m. and is preceded by lunch at 12:45 p.m. This program will also be available to join over Zoom.

A dazzling novel—set in early 1970’s New York and rural India—the story of a turbulent, unlikely romance, a harrowing account of the lasting horrors of World War II, and a searing examination of one man’s search for forgiveness and acceptance. Set in New York City, 1972. Jaryk Smith, a survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto, and Lucy Gardner, a southerner, newly arrived in the city, are in the first bloom of love when they receive word that Jaryk’s oldest friend has died under mysterious circumstances in a rural village in eastern India.

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