June's Contemporary Fiction Book Club Pick:
Playground by Richard Powers
Join us for a stimulating conversation with your lovely book club host, Patrícia, and other book lovers. Enjoy a bite to eat or a natural wine, stay for the conversation and new friendships!
More info about this month's book:
Four lives are drawn together in a sweeping, panoramic new novel from Richard Powers, showcasing the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Overstory at the height of his skills. Twelve-year-old Evie Beaulieu sinks to the bottom of a swimming pool in Montreal strapped to one of the world’s first aqualungs. Ina Aroita grows up on naval bases across the Pacific with art as her only home. Two polar opposites at an elite Chicago high school bond over a three-thousand-year-old board game; Rafi Young will get lost in literature, while Todd Keane’s work will lead to a startling AI breakthrough.
They meet on the history-scarred island of Makatea in French Polynesia, whose deposits of phosphorus once helped to feed the world. Now the tiny atoll has been chosen for humanity’s next adventure: a plan to send floating, autonomous cities out onto the open sea. But first, the island’s residents must vote to greenlight the project or turn the seasteaders away.
Set in the world’s largest ocean, this awe-filled book explores that last wild place we have yet to colonize in a still-unfolding oceanic game, and interweaves beautiful writing, rich characterization, profound themes of technology and the environment, and a deep exploration of our shared humanity in a way only Richard Powers can.
Location of the event:
Fable Bookshop Cafe, Rua dos Prazeres 10A, Lisbon, 1200-820
About the Venue: Fable
Fable is an English bookshop, cafe, and creative events space in Lisbon. We offer wholesome meals, specialty coffee, natural wine, and a thoughtfully curated selection of both fiction and non-fiction books. We also host a medley of events and workshops focused on creativity, wellness, book and music launch parties, and inclusive community gatherings.
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