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| Mother playing tennis |
Dear Bookclub,
Squeezed around a corner table on the terrace of Del Mar's Poseidon, our discussion of Akash Kapur's "Better to Have Gone" skimmed the surface of Auroville's inception and demise. Terry, Trudy and I missed our fellow members, as the latest viruses invaded. Focus on the utopian society, as excavated by Akash and his wife, Auralice, was fleeting as sharing recent travels dominated. The lure of fish tacos and margaritas at the edge of the Pacific's surf did not help.
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| requisite food photo |
Collectively, with contributing opinions from those absent, we agreed that the book startled with wild, liberating concepts that ultimately crashed and burned, leaving our readers saddened but wiser. We are eager to hear Val tell any shredded detail of her 'new-found' sister's friends' experiences who'd lived there. Wow, man.
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| Mira Alfassa |
Thinking better, as I considered inserting links on Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease), images of female personalities instrumental in Kapur's book felt more appropriate. Early childhood visions Mira Alfassa experienced being unusual, were mere sprouts of fascinating ideas yet to come: supramental manifestation upon earth, evolving with cell transformation, and transcending the body.
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| Mira, as a child (c. 1885) |
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| Auralice |
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| Diane Maes |
Trudy's suggestions for an upcoming read:
"Madhouse at the End of the Earth" Julian Sancton *chosen
"Next Year in Havana" Chanel Cleeton
"Ask Again" Mary Beth Keane
Up next:
Happy reading,
LK
