I'm still reading Gilead. I'm not sure why, except Elvira and Connie's defense of the book inspired me to give it more of a chance - or at least to finish it!
So in that spirit, (and in the spirit of Thanksgiving, my being very grateful to have a group of intelligent women with whom to discuss books) I thought I would share some of what I found. (Oh Google, lovely Google.) Page numbers reference my book, published by Picador.
(p. 140)
http://www.babylon.com/definition/moriturus/English
or even closer (it seems to me)http://www.proz.com/kudoz/latin_to_english/art_literary/55143-moriturus.html
(from p. 166)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutatis_mutandis
(from p. 175)http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ipsissima%20verba
I'll send more as I make my way through the book (or I'll stop if you'd prefer).
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Gilead...
I am ambivalent. I loved some of the stories but thought that the book did not come through. She set up great tensions, between generations, regarding race, between actions and beliefs. But ultimately, in letting Jack keep his secret, nothing was resolved.
John Ames was a person who brooded and ended up worthy of neither the footsteps of his grandfather, who acted on his beliefs, or his father, who defied his father in acting on his. Meh.
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