Against this surreal yet eerily familiar broken world, an unnamed narrator embarks on a hallucinatory quest for a strange and elusive ‘glass girl’ with silver hair… A novel unlike any other, Ice is at once a dystopian adventure shattering the conventions of science fiction, a prescient warning of climate change and totalitianism, a feminist exploration of violence and trauma, and a brilliant allegory for its author’s struggles with addiction-all crystalized in prose glittering as the piling snow.” In a frozen, apocalyptic landscape, destruction abounds: great walls of ice overrun the world and secretive governments vie for control. Please check your email and try to login 5-10 minutes before the meeting so we can begin on time. Reminders and login links are sent on the morning or day of the meeting. If you would like to attend, and are not on our reading group list, please RSVP to us with your name, phone number and email and we will add you to our reading group list. Books are available in the store now and are discounted 15%. This will be a virtual Zoom meeting scheduled for Wednesday, April 27th at 7 PM. The Book Beat reading group selection for April is Ice by Anna Kavan, with a foreword by Jonathan Lethem and an afterword by Kate Zambreno.
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