Let's Brunch Over Minor Detail

We're excited to announce the book for our May Book Club: Minor Detail by Adania Shibli.

We are so ready for spring and would love to meet everyone at our picnic-style bookclub at Jonquil Park (close to the Fullerton and Diversey CTA stops).

Please plan to bring your book, blanket, and snacks/drinks to share with the group.

Looking forward to meeting everyone and discussing this super interesting book.

Here’s a summary:

Minor Detail begins during the summer of 1949, one year after the war that the Palestinians mourn as the Nakba – the catastrophe that led to the displacement and expulsion of more than 700,000 people – and the Israelis celebrate as the War of Independence. Israeli soldiers capture and rape a young Palestinian woman, and kill and bury her in the sand. Many years later, a woman in Ramallah becomes fascinated to the point of obsession with this ‘minor detail’ of history. A haunting meditation on war, violence and memory, Minor Detail cuts to the heart of the Palestinian experience of dispossession, life under occupation, and the persistent difficulty of piecing together a narrative in the face of ongoing erasure and disempowerment.

PS - thanks for contributing the $2! It helps us cover the cost Meetup charges to run this group. Feel free to bring cash or send via Venmo.