Books@Night (Zoom)

This meeting will take place on Zoom. Links will be sent via email. If you wish to receive the Zoom link, please contact adulted@tba-ny.org by November 12 at noon.This month’s selection: “Apeirogon” by Colum McCannColum McCannÕs most ambitious work to date, ApeirogonÑnamed for a shape with a countably infinite number of sidesÑis a tour de force concerning friendship, love, loss, and belonging.

Bassam Aramin is Palestinian. Rami Elhanan is Israeli. They inhabit a world of conflict that colors every aspect of their daily lives, from the roads they are allowed to drive on, to the schools their daughters, Abir and Smadar, each attend, to the checkpoints, both physical and emotional, they must negotiate.
Their worlds shift irreparably after ten-year-old Abir is killed by a rubber bullet and thirteen-year-old Smadar becomes the victim of suicide bombers. When Bassam and Rami learn of each otherÕs stories, they recognize the loss that connects them and they attempt to use their grief as a weapon for peace.