Houston Public Library: An Evening Afternoon with Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Jul 24 2010 2:00 pm
An Evening Afternoon with Chitra Banerjee DivakaruniSaturday, July 24 | 2 PM
Central Library
Join us for a special afternoon visit from Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, who will discuss and sign copies of her latest novel, One Amazing Thing.
Late afternoon sun sneaks through the windows of a passport and visa office in an unnamed American city. Most customers and even most office workers have come and gone, but nine people remain. When an earthquake rips through the afternoon lull, trapping these nine characters together, their focus first jolts to their collective struggle to survive. There's little food. The office begins to flood. Then, at a moment when the psychological and emotional stress seems nearly too much for them to bear, one of them suggests that each tell a personal tale, "one amazing thing" from their lives, which they have never told anyone before. And as their surprising stories of romance, marriage, family, political upheaval, and self-discovery unfold against the urgency of their life-or-death circumstances, the novel proves the transcendent power of stories and the meaningfulness of human expression itself.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni has written several books, both for adults and children, including The Palace of Illusions, which is currently one of the selected titles for the Museum of Fine Arts Houston Online Book Club. She teaches Creative Writing at the University of Houston and lives in Houston, Texas with her husband and two sons.
Location:
- Street:
- Central Library
- Additional:
- 500 McKinney
- City:
- Houston ,
- Province:
- Texas
- Postal Code:
- 77002
- Country:
- United States
