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Catapult Book Club

The next meeting of The Catapult Book Club will come to order on the evening of Thursday, February 9 at 7pm - we will be discussing our current selection, The Pachinko Parlor by Elisa Shua Dusapin, translated from the French by Aneesa Abbas Higgins.

It is summer in Tokyo. Claire finds herself dividing her time between tutoring twelve-year-old Mieko, in an apartment in an abandoned hotel, and lying on the floor at her grandparents' daydreaming, playing Tetris, and listening to the sounds from the street above. The heat rises; the days slip by. The plan is for Claire to visit Korea with her grandparents. They fled the civil war there over fifty years ago, along with thousands of others, and haven't been back since. When they first arrived in Japan, they opened Shiny, a pachinko parlor. Shiny is still open, drawing people in with its bright, flashing lights and promises of good fortune. And as Mieko and Claire gradually bond, a tender relationship growing, Mieko's determination to visit the pachinko parlor builds. The Pachinko Parlor is a nuanced and beguiling exploration of identity and otherness, unspoken histories, and the loneliness you can feel among family. Crisp and enigmatic, Shua Dusapin's writing glows with intelligence.

All book club selections are 20% off until the next meeting - and meetings are of course open to all!

 

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Date: 02/09/2023
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Place:

3010-B Juniper Street
San Diego, CA 92104
United States