{"id":2730,"date":"2014-08-06T01:54:18","date_gmt":"2014-08-06T01:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torontowots.wordpress.com\/?p=2325"},"modified":"2015-08-14T14:36:54","modified_gmt":"2015-08-14T14:36:54","slug":"welcome-to-the-word-on-the-street-book-club-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/welcome-to-the-word-on-the-street-book-club-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to The Word On The Street Book Club!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Word On The Street has selected four great Canadian reads by authors appearing at the 2014 festival as part of our first summer book club.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll be discussing the books each week throughout the summer, and on September 21st, everyone will\u00a0have the chance to meet the authors in person at Queen\u2019s Park Circle. \u2018Tis the season for beach and park reading, so let\u2019s get the conversation started!<\/p>\n

If you aren\u2019t an \u2018official\u2019 member of the book club, that shouldn\u2019t stop you from joining in with your thoughts\u00a0in the comments of the blog.<\/p>\n

Click on the tabs above to check out the discussion questions our intrepid Book Club Leaders have come up with!<\/p>\n

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Us Conductors<\/em>
\n<\/strong>Sean Michaels<\/p>\n

\"978-0-345-81332-9\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Book Club Leader: Sara Saddington<\/p>\n

Sara Saddington is a writer and publishing professional in Toronto. It is her life’s ambition to read all the books, but she will settle for reading many of the best ones. You can find her on Twitter @SaraSaddington<\/a><\/p>\n

Take it away, Sara!<\/p>\n

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Section 1 Questions: Chapters 1-4, (page 1-96)<\/p>\n

Section 2: Chapter 5-9 (page 97-188)<\/p>\n

Section 3: Chapter 10-Part 2 Chapter 4 (page 189-267)<\/p>\n

Section 4: the rest (page 268-347)<\/p>\n

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Part 1:<\/p>\n

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  1. How did you feel after you finished the first chapter? Do you have a clear understanding of Leon and his situation? Do you find the story compelling? Could you picture the theremin? (Bonus question: have you ever seen or played a theremin?)<\/li>\n
  2. On page 45, Pash tells Leon, \u201cYou are more unwitting than you think.\u201d Do you trust Leon as a narrator? Do you like or sympathize with him?\u00a0 So far, do you enjoy the tone and style of Leon\u2019s voice? Why or why not?<\/li>\n
  3. Us Conductors<\/em> walks an interesting line between fact and fiction. How does your understanding of the references the author makes to the composers, inventors, and political figures of the era affect your engagement with the novel? Does knowing that the novel is \u201cinspired by the true life and loves of the famed Russian scientist, inventor and spy\u201d (cover copy) change your experience of the book as work of fiction? (Further, where is the line between fiction and non-fiction? Does defining that line matter?)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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