LOUISVILLE LIBRARY: Writers Who Read: The Promise by Damon Galgut

April's book is The Promise by Damon Galgut (South Africa, 2021) - Sunday, 2:30 pm (for 2 hours), online (see link when you register) & IN PERSON at the Louisville Public Library 2nd Floor Board Room. Facilities information here: https://www.louisville-library.org

BRING YOUR FAVORITE SENTENCE!

Just how dissolute can White Nationalists become when their country is taken over by minorities? Today's American Right has nothing on White South Africans in the 1990s, when precious few enlightened individuals believed that a promise made to a Black woman was worth anything. Pay attention to the POV. Winner of the 2021 Booker Prize, Damon Galgut now joins fellow Springboks J. M. Coetzee and Nobel Laureate Nadine Gordimer.

We are Writers Who Read. We use Literary Forensics to dissect a recent novel (published within the past 18 months) with the goal of uncovering how the author has utilized their skills for effect. Storytelling is an art, but it's not a mystery. Every writer must address the following:

• Structure, Timeline, Pacing, Suspense, Omission
• Point of View, including Voice, Character, Place
• Language, Tense, Imagery, Metaphor, Symbols
• Motivation: Making a story pop - generating a thrill
• Why this story? And why now? Industry considerations

We ask that all attendees read the entire book in advance of the meeting, and come bearing their discoveries of how the author has addressed each of the five points above.

What is Literary Forensics? Find out here: https://www.garyalanmcbride.com/literary-forensics/