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Jacobo's Rainbow
This month’s selection: Jacobo’s Rainbow by David Hirshberg
Everyone is welcome to join the Fairfax Library’s online (Zoom) Book Discussion Group
* Wednesday September 13, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
We will be discussing our selection: Jacobo’s Rainbow by David Hirshberg
Jacobo’s Rainbow is an historical literary novel set primarily in the nineteen sixties during the convulsive period of the student protest movements and the Vietnam War. It focuses on the issue of being an outsider the ‘other’ an altogether common circumstance that resonates with readers in today’s America. Written from a Jewish perspective, it speaks to universal truths that affect us all.
On the occasion of the 15th anniversary of a transformative event in Jacobo’s life the day he is sent to jail he writes about what happened behind the scenes of the Free Speech Movement which provides the backdrop for a riveting story centered on his emergence into a world he never could have imagined.
His recording of those earlier events is the proximate cause of his being arrested. Jacobo is allowed to leave jail under the condition of being drafted, engages in gruesome fighting in Vietnam, and returns to continue his work of chronicling America in the throes of significant societal changes.
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Free Zoom Event
This event takes place on zoom. For more information and a Zoom invite, contact Davo Knepler at nuevodavos@yahoo.com.
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Website: https://marinlibrary.bibliocommons.com/events/6453e9e47cd285e44cc7d969
Additional time info:
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm