The Free-Range Bookclub
Bookclubbers without boundaries in Nelson, New Zealand
Category: Fantasy
Lincoln In The Bardo – George Saunders
READ FOR BOOKERTHON Abraham Lincoln spends a night in his son’s tomb, a place populated by ghosts of the recently passed and the long dead. ◉ “Told through footnoted attribution derived from various texts, speeches or dialogue, Lincoln In The Bardo can be difficult… Continue Reading “Lincoln In The Bardo – George Saunders”
Wake – Elizabeth Knox
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Jo One sunny spring morning the Tasman Bay settlement of Kahukura is overwhelmed by a mysterious mass insanity. A handful of survivors find themselves cut off from the world, and surrounded by the dead. ➤ “The horror scenes at… Continue Reading “Wake – Elizabeth Knox”
The Buried Giant – Kazuo Ishiguro
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Sophia An elderly couple moves across an unrecognisable Britain in search for their son and fearing the mist that makes them forget. ❍ “The Buried Giant is a strange and beautiful addition to the Fantasy/ Arthurian canon. The story is deceptively… Continue Reading “The Buried Giant – Kazuo Ishiguro”
Perfume – Patrick Suskind
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Nicole Perfume is a a cross-genre novel about Jen-Baptiste Grenouille, a Frenchman with no body scent who murders virgins and turns them into perfurme. Jean-Baptiste is born into eighteenth-century France, abandoned by his mother and doomed to live life as… Continue Reading “Perfume – Patrick Suskind”
The Blind Assassin – Margaret Atwood
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Rachel A novel within a novel within a novel. Set in a fictional Canadian town it recalls the life events of an ageing lady. It won the Booker Prize in 2000. ⚈ “The Blind Assassin opens with the following… Continue Reading “The Blind Assassin – Margaret Atwood”
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