Book clubs in Llangollen
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Alan
So my name is Alan, age 61, and I am an avid Bibliophile. Have started reading a lot again lately partly due to me being an English teacher and also due to the loss of my wife to cancer just over a year ago. Have wide ranging taste in books from fiction to non fiction. Do like dystopian fiction, historical fiction and some sci-fi/fantasy. Non fiction do love anything to do with language and lingusitics. Would really like to find a bookgroup to join to discuss and share our thoughts on books and writers. Look forward to hearing from fellow book lovers !
Alan recommends:
Babel
This book appealed to me on a variety of levels but mostly due to its take on the power of language-more to the point English language. If you like Philip Pullman then you will like this. Set in the world of Oxford this takes the reader through the world of Babel and its translators and gives a fresh insight into how language is power. We follow the child proteges who are brought from their homelands to the Babel institute where they think they are going to live their ideal existance of scholarly research only to find a much darker purpose at the heart of this powerful institute. Guarantee you will be hooked within a couple of pages.
City of Last Chances
Came across this book by chance in Booka in Oswestry. Guess it falls into the Sci-Fi/Fantasy World genres best of all-however does have aspects of dystopian fiction too. Has a rich range of characters -including God. The world created is recognisably human and has shades of a darker world that Pullman might create. This is a tale of occupation and colonisation, the eradication of suspect cultures by the oppressors but most of all it is just a tale very well told and an enjoyable read.
Phillipa Williams
I’ve just moved to Llangollen and would love to meet some other bookworms!
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