Today in Bookish and Literary History, October 6
2005 Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits by Laila Lalami The book begins as four Moroccans illegally cross the Strait of Gibraltar in an inflatable boat headed for Spain.What has driven them to risk their lives? And will the rewards prove to be worth the danger? 2015 The Gap of Time by Jeanette Winterson (UK) In Jeanette Winterson’s retelling of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale, we move from London, a city reeling after the 2008 financial crisis, to a storm-ravaged American city called New Bohemia. Her story is one of childhood friendship, money, status, technology and the elliptical nature of time. Written with energy and wit, this is a story of the consuming power of jealousy on the one hand, and redemption and the enduring love of a lost child on the other. 2020 Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam A magnetic novel about two families, strangers to each other, who are forced together on a long weekend gone terribly wrong. Finalist for the 2020 National Boo...