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Welcome to our Human Rights Book Club, where we explore literature that delves into the important and often challenging topics of human rights. This online meetup is perfect for anyone passionate about advocating for rights for all individuals, regardless of background or circumstance. Each month, we will read and discuss a thought-provoking book that sheds light on various human rights issues, sparking meaningful conversations and promoting empathy and understanding. Join us as we strive to educate ourselves and others on the importance of justice and equality for all.
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Free/Donation-based book club meeting
Join us for our second meeting, where we'll discuss Anil's Ghost by Michael Ondaatje. Group member Dale will facilitate.
Book description from Amazon:
"With his first novel since the internationally acclaimed The English Patient, Michael Ondaatje gives us a work displaying all the richness of imagery and language and the piercing emotional truth that we have come to know as the hallmarks of his writing.
The time is our own time. The place is Sri Lanka, the island nation formerly known as Ceylon, off the southern tip of India, a country steeped in centuries of cultural achievement and tradition--and forced into the late twentieth century by the ravages of civil war and the consequences of a country divided against itself.
Into this maelstrom steps a young woman, Anil Tissera, born in Sri Lanka, educated in England and America, a forensic anthropologist sent by an international human rights group to work with local officials to discover the source of the organized campaigns of murder engulfing the island.
Bodies are discovered. Skeletons. And particularly one, nicknamed 'Sailor.' What follows is a story about love, about family, about identity, about the unknown enemy, about the quest to unlock the hidden past--all propelled by a riveting mystery.
Unfolding against the deeply evocative background of Sri Lanka's landscape and ancient civilization, Anil's Ghost is a literary spellbinder--the most powerful novel we have yet had from Michael Ondaatje."
WorldCat Link: https://search.worldcat.org/title/42980143
Prior book club selections:
- May 2024: Human Rights: A Very Short Introduction by Andrew Clapham
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Free/Donation-based book club meeting
Join us for our second meeting, where we'll discuss Anil's Ghost by Michael Ondaatje. Group member Dale will facilitate.
Book description from Amazon:
"With his first novel since the internationally acclaimed The English Patient, Michael Ondaatje gives us a work displaying all the richness of imagery and language and the piercing emotional truth that we have come to know as the hallmarks of his writing.
The time is our own time. The place is Sri Lanka, the island nation formerly known as Ceylon, off the southern tip of India, a country steeped in centuries of cultural achievement and tradition--and forced into the late twentieth century by the ravages of civil war and the consequences of a country divided against itself.
Into this maelstrom steps a young woman, Anil Tissera, born in Sri Lanka, educated in England and America, a forensic anthropologist sent by an international human rights group to work with local officials to discover the source of the organized campaigns of murder engulfing the island.
Bodies are discovered. Skeletons. And particularly one, nicknamed 'Sailor.' What follows is a story about love, about family, about identity, about the unknown enemy, about the quest to unlock the hidden past--all propelled by a riveting mystery.
Unfolding against the deeply evocative background of Sri Lanka's landscape and ancient civilization, Anil's Ghost is a literary spellbinder--the most powerful novel we have yet had from Michael Ondaatje."
WorldCat Link: https://search.worldcat.org/title/42980143
Prior book club selections:
- May 2024: Human Rights: A Very Short Introduction by Andrew Clapham
